Loved ones push for accountability after sanitation truck fatally strikes pedestrian in Brooklyn
By Dave Carlin, Andrew Ramos
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NEW YORK (WCBS) — Loved ones are remembering a woman who police say was struck and killed by a sanitation truck Wednesday as she crossed the Bay Parkway in Bath Beach.
Neighbors and transportation advocates have long been pushing for more safety measures on the seven-lane road, where pedestrians have been killed in the past.
The sanitation employee was driving on Cropsey Avenue and made a right turn onto Bay Parkway when he struck Siobhan Lynch, 30, around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.
The sanitation truck driver remained on the scene. There were no immediate criminal charges filed.
CBS News New York reached out to the Department of Sanitation for an update on this case.
“This is a terrible tragedy, and our thoughts are with the family of the victim. DSNY is assisting NYPD with their ongoing investigation,” a DSNY spokesperson said in a statement.
Friday, Lynch’s distraught parents and twin sister returned to the scene of the crash.
“I can’t see how someone couldn’t see someone who’s crossing in front of you,” father Greg Lynch said.
“He dragged my sister a block and a half. How do you not know? There’s no way possible,” sister Shannon Lynch said.
The family says the upcoming Halloween weekend was expected to be a busy one for Siobhan Lynch, who was supposed to take her nieces and nephews trick-or-treating.
“They are not taking it good. My youngest has been nonstop crying, and she’s 6,” Shannon Lynch said.
“She really was my rock. She made me laugh. I don’t know what I’m gonna do without her,” mother Shari Lynch said. “I’m ready to break down, but I can’t. I have to be strong. I have to be strong for her.”
Family friend Jennifer Townsend said Lynch worked in retail and had dreams of becoming a graphic designer.
“She had a boyfriend that she was very close to. They were thinking of marriage in the future and children,” she said.
The advocacy group Transportation Alternatives says at least 30 people were killed or seriously injured along Bay Parkway between 2021 and 2025.
The victims’ loved ones say they will push for greater driver accountability.
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