Bklyn Man Killed on Citi Bike Father of Two Dies by LAUREN GILL a Brooklyn Heights Man Died After a Charter Bus Hit Him As He Rode a Citi Bike on Monday
June 16–22, 2017 Including Brooklyn Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE ALSO SERVING PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON, AND GOWANUS Bklyn man killed on Citi Bike Father of two dies BY LAUREN GILL A Brooklyn Heights man died after a charter bus hit him as he rode a Citi Bike on Monday. Columbia Heights resident Dan Hanegby, 36, was riding the bicycle on a narrow Manhattan street around 8:15 am when he swerved to avoid a parked vehicle, fell off the bike as the bus drove in the same direction beside him, and was run over by the vehicle’s rear tires, according to an NYPD spokesman. A proud weekend in Brooklyn He was rushed to the hospital, where he died two hours later. New Yorkers from across the city, local politicians, and out-of-town revelers descended on Park Slope to celebrate the Brooklyn The 52-year-old bus driver remained Pride parade and festival on June 10, which was followed by a candlelight vigil for victims of last year’s Pulse Nightclub shooting on the scene and was not charged, ac- on June 11. For more from Pride, see pages 2 and 3. Photo by Paul Martinka cording to police. Continued on page 19 CIVIL RIGHTEOUS Hillary Clinton urges voting, praises diversity in speech to Medgar Evers graduates BY ALEXANDRA SIMON controversial travel ban on citizens from six Mus- She may have lost, but she found her voice. lim-majority nations entering the country. Hillary Clinton implored graduates of Med- “You come from 94 countries and speak 44 lan- gar Evers College to exercise their right that the guages — you embody what makes New York and university’s namesake civil rights activist died to America great already,” said Clinton.
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