NYC Woman’s Routine Run in Central Park Ends in Emergency Surgery—Family Outraged As E-Bike Rider Face No Charges

Jean, 43, an avid Upper West Side runner, is currently in a medically induced coma after a severe collision with a reckless e-biker in NYC. The impact was so substantial that surgeons had to remove a portion of her skull during emergency cranial surgery.

On July 7, she was jogging in Central Park on West Drive, near West 64th Street, at around 4:30 p.m., when an e-biker, a 26-year-old man, who was allegedly traveling the wrong way, struck her from behind. Hoon Chan Sim, who witnessed the incident unfold, said the blame rested entirely with the e-biker, who was not using the lane designated for bikes.

According to Sim, the rider was traveling at high speed in the wrong direction within the running lane and struck Jean from behind, causing her to fall heavily and land on her head…

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