Eric Ng was killed last night by a drunk driver near Houston Street on the West Side Greenway. The driver somehow managed to drive on the greenway and mowed him down.
this is horrible. apparently he was hit so hard his bike and one of his shoes were thrown onto the adjacent highway, and the guy was driving for over a mile plowing through from chelsea piers to clarkson st. but the nytimes decides that it's relevent to point out that eric may not have had a legally mandated light on his bicycle. fuck them
yes, it was 100% of the driver for getting behind the wheel drunk and driving his car on the path, and yes, whether or not eric had a light had nothing to do with it, but i don't think it's necessarily dick of nyt to mention that eric may not have had a light. mandatory or not, a light is a very good thing to have to increase visibility to all drivers, even sober and prudent ones, when riding on the street in the dark. mentioning that eric may not have had one may encourage a couple of people to put on a little blinky rather than stop riding their bikes
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and doom1n1bass- check out the nyc indymedia article pn it for photos of him: http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/80243.html
eric- you will be missed, amigo.
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