Family Demands Accountability After Sanitation Truck Kills Pedestrian on Bay Parkway

On Wednesday evening around 6:40 p.m., Siobhan Lynch, 30, was struck and killed by a Department of Sanitation truck as she crossed Bay Parkway in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. The driver had been traveling on Cropsey Avenue and made a right turn onto Bay Parkway when he hit Lynch. He remained at the scene, and no criminal charges have been filed. Lynch worked in retail and had dreams of becoming a graphic designer; she had also been expected to take her nieces and nephews trick-or-treating over the Halloween weekend. On Friday, October 30, her parents and twin sister returned to the crash site. Her sister Shannon Lynch said the truck dragged Siobhan a block and a half, and the family is demanding greater driver accountability. The Department of Sanitation said it was "a terrible tragedy" and that it is assisting the NYPD with their ongoing investigation. Bay Parkway is a seven-lane road where neighbors and transportation advocates have long pushed for more safety measures. The advocacy group Transportation Alternatives reported that at least 30 people were killed or seriously injured along the corridor between 2021 and 2025.