A speeding driver fatally struck a bicyclist while fleeing from cops who tried to stop him for blowing a red light in Harlem over the weekend, cops and sources said.
An unidentified man was behind the wheel of a Toyota minivan when he whizzed through a red light at West 152nd Street and Broadway late Saturday, according to authorities and police sources.
NYPD officers tried to pull him over – but he took off, barreling into the cyclist a few blocks away on West 155th Street near St. Nicholas Avenue around 10:40 p.m., cops said.
The cyclist, whose identity had not been released by Monday, was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.
The hit-and-run driver – who became the second suspect to fatally strike a cyclist while fleeing cops in as many weeks – had not been caught by Monday.
In a separate hit-and-run around 9:10 p.m. Sunday, a 66-year-old man was fatally struck as he crossed another Harlem street, authorities said.
The elderly victim was strolling south on Fifth Avenue when a Toyota RAV4 driver slammed into him near the West 135th Street intersection around 9:10 p.m., police said.
He was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops said. His name has not been released pending family notification.
The SUV driver, who was heading west on West 135th Street at the time, was still at large Monday.
