Sunday, June 12, 2016

ANOTHER BICYCLIST KILLED: Off-duty MTA officer arrests hit-and-run suspect in Lower Manhattan; woman on bicycle killed







CeFaan Kim has more from Lower Manhattan.





CeFaan Kim
Sunday, June 12, 2016 12:06AM
BATTERY PARK CITY, Manhattan (WABC) -- A woman on a bicycle was struck and killed by a truck on the West Side Highway on Saturday night. The driver of the truck tried to take off, but a Good Samaritan - an off-duty MTA officer wouldn't let him get away.

The accident occurred on Chambers Street and West Street just before 8 p.m.

"She was trying to get up - they were trying to help her. Somebody chased after him and they called the cops," says eyewitness Donte Williams.

That 'someone' who chased after the suspect was Otis Noboa, an off-duty MTA officer. Noboa says he was driving northbound on the West Side Highway, saw the victim lying on the road, and pulled over. After witnesses told him what happened, he radioed for backup, then canvassed the area.



Moments later, Noboa spotted the vehicle that matched the description by witnesses just three blocks away. Noboa says the suspect had pulled over with his engine running, didn't say a word, and calmly surrendered.


Noboa works for the MTA's Rapid Transit Unit on Staten Island.

Police have not identified the suspect or the victim.