‘Incredible amount of blood,’ but NYPD finds no crime after string slices bicyclists on bridge

The NYPD says it found no criminality after a string suspended across the Marine Parkway Bridge critically injured a cyclist and left another with stitches across her face.

The more seriously injured cyclist remained in intensive care Friday after being slashed in the throat and will likely be out of work for several months, his friends said. Police said a group of cyclists were crossing the bridge from Rockaway to Marine Park when they struck a kite string draped across the bike lane.

Robert Hillebrand was taken to Coney Island hospital and later transferred to Kings County hospital, where he was stable condition Friday in the intensive care unit, his friends said. The incident severed his windpipe and required blood transfusions in order to save his life, they said. The incident has so far rendered him unable to speak…

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