Borkot Ullah
Borkot Ullah
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Age: 24
Location:
Avenue B
New York , NY
United States
From EV Grieve
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
A ghost bike for Borkot Ullah on Avenue B
A ghost bike was installed in recent days outside 8-10 Avenue B.
While his name isn't on the sign via ghostbikes.org, sources confirm this is a tribute to Borkot Ullah, a delivery worker killed by a hit-and-run driver this past July...
According to published reports, Ulah, 24, was on an e-bike crossing East
Houston — from Clinton to Avenue B — around 11 p.m on July 8. A black
Subaru Outback — driving at a high rate of speed and apparently being
pursued by an unmarked police car — was traveling eastbound. The vehicle
struck Ulah and did not stop. The driver was later seen heading
northbound on the FDR, ABC 7 reported.
Ullah was a member of Desis Rising Up and Moving, an undocumented workers' rights group.
A GoFundMe campaign raised
more than $30,000 to help his family both here and in Bangladesh with
expenses. His body was returned to Bangladesh, where he was buried on
July 15.
To date, no one has been charged with Ulah's death. State Attorney
General Letitia James's office was reviewing the case because of the
police involvement in the collision, Streetsblog reported on July 12.
According to Transportation Alternatives,
"there have now been at least 206 traffic deaths in 2021, including at
least 16 cyclists killed. This year is on track to be the deadliest year since Mayor de Blasio took office."
H/T Salim
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Age: 24
Location:
Avenue B
New York , NY
United States
From EV Grieve
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
A ghost bike for Borkot Ullah on Avenue B
A ghost bike was installed in recent days outside 8-10 Avenue B.
While his name isn't on the sign via ghostbikes.org, sources confirm this is a tribute to Borkot Ullah, a delivery worker killed by a hit-and-run driver this past July...
According to published reports, Ulah, 24, was on an e-bike crossing East
Houston — from Clinton to Avenue B — around 11 p.m on July 8. A black
Subaru Outback — driving at a high rate of speed and apparently being
pursued by an unmarked police car — was traveling eastbound. The vehicle
struck Ulah and did not stop. The driver was later seen heading
northbound on the FDR, ABC 7 reported.
Ullah was a member of Desis Rising Up and Moving, an undocumented workers' rights group.
A GoFundMe campaign raised
more than $30,000 to help his family both here and in Bangladesh with
expenses. His body was returned to Bangladesh, where he was buried on
July 15.
To date, no one has been charged with Ulah's death. State Attorney
General Letitia James's office was reviewing the case because of the
police involvement in the collision, Streetsblog reported on July 12.
According to Transportation Alternatives,
"there have now been at least 206 traffic deaths in 2021, including at
least 16 cyclists killed. This year is on track to be the deadliest year since Mayor de Blasio took office."
H/T Salim