Tragic Death As 18 y/o Bicyclist Killed; Struck by Amazon Truck on First Ave

An 18 year old was killed while riding an electric Citi bike on First Ave. near his Stuyvesant Town apartment when he was struck by an Amazon delivery truck around 12:40 pm on June 16th.

The victim was identified by NYPD as Malcolm Livesey. He grew up in Stuyvesant Town where his family lives and he had played in the neighborhood sports leagues and attended School of the Future High School. He had a twin sister named Gigi.

The death struck neighborhood friends hard.

”Malcolm, taken from this world far too soon,” read one note left at a makeshift memorial that friends had erected near a bus stop on E. 17th St. “You had so much to give to this world. Now you are a star in heaven. Looking down on your sweet twin sister who has a hole in her heart so big the universe can’t fill it now. You will always be with her. Keep her safe, strong, help her heal. You will always live on forever in her and your family and everyone who loves you,” continued the note. It was signed, “Always and Forever, love Amity & Bebe.”

A friend named Christian dressed in a Carmelo Anthony Knicks jersey had kept vigil at the makeshift memorial since noon on June 18. “I went to school with him. I played baseball with him in Peter Stuyvesant Little League. He was a great kid. We were all just graduating from high school, talking about summer jobs...”

His tragic death comes only three months after a close friend Jack Cassels died suddenly in Florida.

”They were best friends,” said one Stuyvesant Town resident, Declan Krogman as he helped affix flowers to the makeshift memorial as it was being erected June 17th. “I saw him a few weeks ago,” Krogman said of Malcolm Levesey. He said his friend was spotted among the players in a three-on-three basketball tournament to raise money for a drug awareness fund for another friend who had died less than two years earlier.

”I was playing basketball with him and hanging out with him on Tuesday,” said another young resident, who made a sign for the makeshift memorial.

The 31 year old driver, who was not identified remained on the scene and was not arrested although police said the investigation is continuing. Streetblog said that the delivery truck he was driving did not have any license plates but that was not confirmed. Bystanders said the driver was devastated. One witness said he heard the driver wailing, “I should have died not you.”

According to police, the victim was driving northbound in the center lane of First Ave. near 17th Street when he changed lanes to the right. The truck which struck him was also proceeding northbound on First Ave. in the far right lane and could not stop.

”A person was hit and badly injured by the driver of this brand new all electric Amazon delivery truck, which has no visible license plates of any kind,” tweeted Liam Quigley (@_elkue) who posted several photos of a truck from the accident scene, although if was not clear if that was the same truck that had stuck Livesey.

He also posted: “a young friend came up and asked if his friend was dead and started crying. The Amazon driver looked not much older than them. He too was crying holding his head in his hands.”

Police said they discovered the victim with severe head trauma lying on the roadway and he was quickly transported to nearby Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“I could not believe it, especially right here,” longtime friend Brian Ferrari told WPIX. “It’s where he grew up and played sports since he was a baby. He was one of the smartest kids growing up, he had great promise and he was an amazing person.”