New York Daily News

Cyclist, 84, dies after hit

- Thomas Tracy

AN ELDERLY bicyclist who collided with a senior driver in Queens has died of his injuries, police said Wednesday.

Yau-Teg Fung, 84, was pedaling down Alderton St. near Fleet St. in Rego Park at 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 17 when he hit a Toyota Camry driven by an 80-year-old woman, cops said.

Fung was thrown from his bike and was found by police sprawled out on the street, with a massive head injury.

Medics rushed him to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died of his injuries on Monday — 10 days after he was admitted, cops said.

Members of the NYPD collision investigat­ion squad said that the motorist stopped at a stop sign on Fleet St. and was nosing into the intersecti­on when Fung, who was traveling north along Alderton St. struck her vehicle.

No criminal charges have been filed, cops said.

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