Slain Bronx cyclists remembered
Bicycle safety advocates put up Ghost Bike memorials in their honor
BY KEVIN DALOIA
A third Bronx bicyclist was
killed on Saturday, June 21, at
around 5 p.m by the driver of a
Jeep on the Pelham Bay Bridge,
and a few Bronx bicycle safety
advocates prepared a Ghost
Bike memorial and plaque in his
honor.
On Monday, June 29, members
and volunteers from Transportation
Alternative Bronx
Committee, Street Memorials
and some local community members,
secured the Ghost Bike at
the location of the crash on the
north side of the Pelham Bay
Bridge, to bring awareness that
43-year-old cyclist Edward Marrow
was killed at the location.
The gesture will hopefully lead
drivers, cyclists and pedestrians
to be more cautious. Family and
friends were in attendance at the
memorial.
According to police, Marrow
was riding southbound on a peddle
assist e-bike on the Pelham
Bay Bridge inside Pelham Bay
Park on the sidewalk. The police
report stated “He lost control and
fell off the sidewalk entering the
roadway, where he was hit by a
northbound driver.”
Marrow suffered severe head
trauma and was taken to Jacobi
Hospital, where he died. The
driver stayed on the scene and
was not charged at that time. The
investigation is ongoing, The following
night had a deadly six-car
crash at the same intersection.
And six days later, an SUV fl ipped
over within the same location.
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The bridge, which is planned
to be replaced beginning in 2022,
has two travel lanes in each direction
but no protection for that
sidewalk on either side of the
span. There is a plan to add protective
Jersey barriers on the
south side, but there has been no
date set.
According to the organizer,
Kevin Daloia, a local advocate for
safer streets, “It is obvious by the
broken sidewalks, loose gravel
on the roadbed, lack of appropriate
lighting, potholes and condition
of the pedestrian pathway
that the DOT has neglected this
area for quite some time. There
needs to me an immediate safety
upgrade protecting users of the
pathway from moving traffi c.
There is currently no curb to prevent
a vehicle from riding up on
the sidewalk. And cars moving
at 40 miles per hpur cannot simply
merge into traffi c that is just
starting to move from the traffi c
signal.”
In 2019, the DOT committed to
installing Jersey barriers on the
south side of the bridge, protecting
the users of the greenway. No
date has been set.
On June 8, Ivan Morales was
killed in a crash on Willis Avenue
and 138th Street. The Friday
after, Jose Garcia was run
over by a box truck on Park Avenue,
near 138th Street. Garcia
stated he had “swerved to avoid a
double-parked car” and “did not
see the bicycle” on Park Avenue
three blocks away.
On Monday, June 22, TABX
placed and dedicated Ghost Bikes
for both of these two bike riders
in Mott Haven.
Family and friends gather for the Ghost Bike dedication for Edward Marrow in Pelham Bay
Photo courtesy of Kevin Daloia
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