A father of two died days after being struck by a bicyclist while walking to work through Central Park, police and the man’s family said.
Richard O’Brien, 41, who worked as a steamfitter, was struck by a cyclist heading north on West Drive near W. 84th St. about 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday, police said. O’Brien fell to the ground and hit his head.
He died Sunday, according to a GoFundMe started by a family friend who says O’Brien suffered a “devastating brain injury.”
Richard O’Brien (left), a father of two, died days after being struck by a bicyclist while walking on West Drive near W. 84th St. in central Park. (GoFundMe)
The 32-year-old bicyclist has not been charged with a crime, police said. He was going against the flow of traffic when he struck the victim, according to initial information provided by cops.
The last time a non-electric cyclist killed a pedestrian in Central Park was 2014.
O’Brien leaves behind a wife described by the GoFundMe as a “devoted stay-at- home mom” and daughters Kylie and Mia.
Richard O’Brien (right), a father of two, died days after being struck by a bicyclist while walking on West Drive near W. 84th St. in central Park. (GoFundMe)
Another relative, Luann Moskowitz, O’Brien’s aunt, posted on Threads that he underwent two brain surgeries and was at one point in a medically-induced coma.
With Evan Simko-Bednarski