2 cyclists crossing Marine Parkway Bridge get sliced by kite string

A kite string suspended across the Marine Parkway Bridge cut into one bicyclist’s throat and another’s head and finger as they unknowingly rode into it on Sunday, one of the cyclists told Gothamist.

Police confirmed two cyclists were transported to a city hospital in Coney Island after the collision, and that they’re investigating the incident.

One rider, 36-year-old Crown Heights resident Jennifer Noble, said she was biking north on the bridge’s bike lane with her friends at around 5:20 p.m. after a beach day at Jacob Riis Park, when she and one other person rode into the string…

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