Tamara Chuchi Kao
Tamara Chuchi Kao
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Age: 62
Location:
24th ave at 29th street
Queens , NY
United States
Tamara was riding a CitiBike close to her home when she was fatally struck by the driver of a cement truck.
Her death resulted in lawmakers calling for safer streets in Astoria. Residents have also complained that this area is unsafe.
Her grieving husband was profiled in the Daily News
from Queens Chronical
A 62-year-old bicyclist was killed in Astoria on Thursday
as she was riding between parked cars and a cement truck whose driver
was making a right-hand turn at the intersection of 24th Avenue and 29th
Street.
Police said the incident took place just after 5 p.m. The victim was identified as Tamara Chuchi Kao of 30th Avenue in Astoria.
Upon
arrival, officers observed Kao lying on the roadway suffering from head
trauma. She was declared dead at the scene by EMS personnel.
Further
investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation
Squad determined that a 2020 Kenworth Cement Mixer, operated by a
48-year-old male, was traveling eastbound on 24th Avenue, when the
operator stopped for a red traffic signal at 29th Street. Kao was riding
eastbound on 24th Avenue, riding between the cement truck on the
passenger side of the vehicle and parked vehicles on the south side of
24th Avenue.
from Streetsblog
A trucker fatally struck a woman riding a Citi Bike in Astoria on
Thursday evening, the fourth cyclist to be killed in the western Queens
neighborhood in less than three years, according to officials.
The
cement truck driver heading east on 24th Avenue and made a right turn
onto 29th Street around 5:04 p.m. when he hit 62-year-old local Tamara
Chuchi Kao, who was also going east on 24th, knocking her into the road,
cops said.
Kao died at the scene, which was less than a mile away from her home on 30th Avenue and Crescent Street.
The
48-year-old male driver remained there too, and police said they don't
suspect criminality, despite the death and the outrage from area pols,
such as Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, who said the "gut-wrenching"
scene unfolded just steps from his office.
"Absolutely
heartbreaking," the lawmaker wrote on Twitter about an hour after the
incident. "I don’t know her name & her family likely doesn’t even
know that she’s dead. All I know is that she’s the fourth cyclist to be
killed in Astoria in 2.5 yrs." (article continues at the above link)
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Age: 62
Location:
24th ave at 29th street
Queens , NY
United States
Tamara was riding a CitiBike close to her home when she was fatally struck by the driver of a cement truck.
Her death resulted in lawmakers calling for safer streets in Astoria. Residents have also complained that this area is unsafe.
Her grieving husband was profiled in the Daily News
from Queens Chronical
A 62-year-old bicyclist was killed in Astoria on Thursday
as she was riding between parked cars and a cement truck whose driver
was making a right-hand turn at the intersection of 24th Avenue and 29th
Street.
Police said the incident took place just after 5 p.m. The victim was identified as Tamara Chuchi Kao of 30th Avenue in Astoria.
Upon
arrival, officers observed Kao lying on the roadway suffering from head
trauma. She was declared dead at the scene by EMS personnel.
Further
investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation
Squad determined that a 2020 Kenworth Cement Mixer, operated by a
48-year-old male, was traveling eastbound on 24th Avenue, when the
operator stopped for a red traffic signal at 29th Street. Kao was riding
eastbound on 24th Avenue, riding between the cement truck on the
passenger side of the vehicle and parked vehicles on the south side of
24th Avenue.
from Streetsblog
A trucker fatally struck a woman riding a Citi Bike in Astoria on
Thursday evening, the fourth cyclist to be killed in the western Queens
neighborhood in less than three years, according to officials.
The
cement truck driver heading east on 24th Avenue and made a right turn
onto 29th Street around 5:04 p.m. when he hit 62-year-old local Tamara
Chuchi Kao, who was also going east on 24th, knocking her into the road,
cops said.
Kao died at the scene, which was less than a mile away from her home on 30th Avenue and Crescent Street.
The
48-year-old male driver remained there too, and police said they don't
suspect criminality, despite the death and the outrage from area pols,
such as Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, who said the "gut-wrenching"
scene unfolded just steps from his office.
"Absolutely
heartbreaking," the lawmaker wrote on Twitter about an hour after the
incident. "I don’t know her name & her family likely doesn’t even
know that she’s dead. All I know is that she’s the fourth cyclist to be
killed in Astoria in 2.5 yrs." (article continues at the above link)