Cyclist Fatally Struck By School Bus On UES, Police Say

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A cyclist was struck and killed by a school bus Wednesday morning on the Upper East Side near Central Park, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Daniel Cammerman, a 50-year-old pediatrician affiliated with Mount Sinai on the Upper East Side, was hit at 8:40 a.m. near the intersection of East 96th Street and Fifth Avenue, police said. Medics rushed Cammerman to Mount Sinai where he was pronounced dead.

"We are deeply saddened by the news of the tragic loss of Dr. Daniel J. Cammerman, a beloved physician, teacher, mentor and role model at Mount Sinai Health System and faculty member of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Our prayers and heart-felt sympathy go out to his family, friends, and students and colleagues at Mount Sinai," a hospital spokesperson said in a statement.

Fourteen children were on the school bus at the time of the collision, police said. None of the children were hurt. The bus driver was not arrested and received no charges, police said.

The NYPD investigation into the collision is ongoing.

Cammerman was the 29th cyclist killed in a collision with a vehicle this year in New York City. The rise in cyclist deaths — there were just 10 in 2018 — led New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to launch a $58.4 million plan to install more than 80 miles of bike lanes to city streets by the end of 2021.

Safe streets advocates called on the mayor to speed up the implementation of the plan following Wednesday's fatal collision.

"We need immediate action to give all New Yorkers safe, equitable and dignified transportation alternatives. As a city, we have scores of examples where street improvements, including protected bike lanes, save lives and build a better city for everyone. Despite our successes, New York City has still failed to build a protected and connected bike network that could have prevented this tragedy and countless others," Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Danny Harris said in a statement.