Bicyclist killed in collision with FDNY ambulance

By Rocco Parascandola
New York Daily News

NEW YORK — A Staten Island bicyclist was killed in a collision with a FDNY ambulance, police said Tuesday.

The incident happened in Graniteville at about 10:34 p.m. Monday at Richmond Ave. and Graniteville Ave.

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Police said the driver of the ambulance, a 58-year-old male, was driving south on Richmond Ave. and that as he started turning left onto Christopher Lane, he collided with a bicyclist who was also south on the avenue but riding in the northbound lane.

The FDNY said the driver was not en route to a medical emergency at the time of the crash.

The bicyclist, a man believed to be in his 40s, was rushed by medics to Richmond University Medical Center but could not be saved.

The ambulance driver stayed at the scene.

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