E-bike rider kills 49-year-old man crossing Brooklyn street

A 49-year-old man was killed after he was mowed down by an e-bike rider zipping down a Brooklyn street, police said Saturday.

Victim Luis Cruz was crossing Franklin St. near India St. in Greenpoint at about 7:40 p.m. Friday when a 26-year-old man on an e-bike rammed into him, cops said.

Cruz was thrown to the ground and suffered a severe head injury. EMS rushed him to Bellevue Hospital , where he died a short time later. He lived in Brooklyn about a mile from where he was hit, police said…

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