A 15-year-old girl, identified as Daria Serkov, is killed after a sanitation truck strikes her and another girl while they ride a Citi Bike in Manhattan’s East Village. Police say the crash occurs on Friday night, when the vehicle hits the cyclists, pinning the teen under the truck’s wheels. She is pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police accounts cited by multiple outlets, Serkov was riding with a 13-year-old friend around 9 p.m. on 14th Street. The reports describe her as having a twin sister and say she was cycling at the time of the crash. One outlet also highlights that a photo of Serkov riding a Citi Bike circulates in the aftermath, though the focus is on her death following the collision with the truck.
The coverage largely centers on identification of the victim, the time and location of the crash, and the circumstances described by police, with differing emphasis on family reactions and the existence of a past social media image.
