ASTORIA, Queens (PIX11) -- A car fleeing from police hit and critically injured a cyclist in Queens Wednesday, officials said.
Officers stopped a driver on 31st Avenue and Crescent Street in Astoria around 4:30 p.m., authorities said. The driver then took off and struck a bicyclist in the process, according to police.
The cyclist was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
A person was taken into custody, police said.
A video posted on Citizen showed a police vehicle and an FDNY truck parked in the middle of a residential four-way intersection in Queens.
Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here.
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