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71-Year-Old Cyclist Dies After Collision With Dog In Central Park, NYPD Says
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
10
First seen
Oct 5, 10:37 AM EDT
updated Oct 7, 7:16 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WNYW (FOX 5 New York), WNYC / Gothamist and 8 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A 71-year-old cyclist died this week in New York City's Central Park after colliding with a dog, WINS reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (10), version 2, Oct 7, 8:05 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- New information identified about man who died in Central Park bike accident this week · WINS
- Central Park cyclist who died after trying to avoid dog identified: NYPD · WPIX (PIX11)
- Ciclista de 71 años muere tras chocar con un perro en Central Park · El Diario La Prensa
- Ciclista muere tras chocar con un perro sin correa en Central Park · WNJU
- 71-year-old man thrown from bike, killed after hitting dog in New York City's Central Park · WABC-TV (ABC 7 New York)
- Cyclist, 71, dies after trying to avoid off-leash dog in Central Park · WNBC (NBC 4 New York)
- Senior cyclist in Central Park dies after colliding with a golden retriever: cops · AM New York
- Elderly cyclist, 71, killed after hitting unleashed dog, flipping over handlebars in Central Park · New York Post
- Cyclist dies in Central Park after crashing into off-leash dog, NYPD says · WNYC / Gothamist
- 71-year-old cyclist dies after collision with dog in Central Park, NYPD says · WNYW (FOX 5 New York)
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Official Confirmation
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