Photo released of trucker who fatally struck Queens bicyclist while fleeing cops

Cops released a photo Wednesday of a truck driver who fatally struck a Queens bicyclist during a high speed police chase in October.

Nov 21, 2024 - 01:38
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Photo released of trucker who fatally struck Queens bicyclist while fleeing cops

Cops released a photo Wednesday of a truck driver wanted for plowing into a Queens bicyclist during a high speed police chase in October.

Bekim Fiseku, 53, was at the wheel of a Dodge Ram 1500 truck along with two male passengers when he hit bicyclist Amanda Servedio, 36, on Oct. 22, police charge.

The gruesome crash came as cops were responding to a 911 call about a burglary on 39th Ave. near Crescent St. in Long Island City around 11 p.m. The officers spotted the Dodge Ram parked nearby with tape covering its rear license plate, and when the cops walked over, the driver sped off, striking two NYPD vehicles, police said.

Cops then chased the Dodge Ram for about a mile into Astoria, where the truck driver T-boned Servedio at the intersection of 37th St. and 34th Ave., cops said. Servedio had just pedaled into the intersection when she was hit, surveillance video showed.

Jake Kwok told the Daily News he was walking his Shiba Inu, Harry, when Servedio rang her bicycle bell to warn him — preventing Kwok from stepping into the oncoming truck.

“She didn’t even scream,“ he told The News. “She went airborne. She flew like 30 feet and landed on a BMW. It was a lot of force.”

The police chase of the truck ended to help Servedio as the Dodge Ram sped off. The truck was later found abandoned on Newtown Road and 47th Ave.

Medics rushed Servedio to Elmhurst Hospital Center, but she couldn’t be saved.

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