“This is a parent’s worst nightmare and she’s got a twin sister that’s having a real… it’s hard. It’s very hard,” said the vigil’s organizer
NEED TO KNOW
- A vigil was held for Daria Serkov a day after she was fatally struck by a commercial truck while riding a bike with her friend
- “We were all together having dinner last night and playing games, and everybody was there except for Daria, and then we got the call later that night,” the vigil’s organizer said of the moment she received the news
- While Serkov, 15, died in the collision, her 16-year-old friend, who was steering the bicycle, was hospitalized with leg injuries
A vigil has been held for a New York City teen who was fatally struck by a commercial truck while riding a bike.
At around 9 p.m. local time on Friday, Sept. 18, a vehicle belonging to the excavation company Badger Infrastructure Solutions hit two teenagers who were traveling on a bicycle together, leaving one injured and one dead, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
The truck driver, who police identified only as a 57-year-old man, was heading westbound on East 14th Street and making a right turn onto First Avenue when his vehicle struck the teens…