News12 New York
N12 Originals
Numbers & Links
Local
Crime
Weather
Power & Politics
Rebuilding Brooklyn
Vote 2026: Brooklyn elections
Partly Cloudy Night
63°
Local
Crime
Weather
Power & Politics
Rebuilding Brooklyn
Vote 2026: Brooklyn elections
siobhan lynch 2

Authorities arrest man accused of fatally striking woman while driving city sanitation truck in Bath Beach

Police say the 41-year-old was driving a New York City Department of Sanitation truck around 6:30 p.m. and was attempting to turn onto Bay Parkway when the vehicle hit Siobhan Lynch.

Rose Shannon

•

Nov 4, 2026, 10:35 PM

•

Updated

Share:

More Stories

A Staten Island man who was behind the wheel of a New York City Department of Sanitation truck that fatally struck a 30-year-old woman in Bath Beach has been arrested, police say.

Timothy Mcvey was charged Wednesday with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care.

The crash happened at the intersection of Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway on Oct. 28.

Police say the 41-year-old was driving a New York City Department of Sanitation truck around 6:30 p.m. and was attempting to turn onto Bay Parkway when the vehicle hit Siobhan Lynch.

Lynch was taken to NYU Langone Health-Brooklyn, where she was pronounced dead.

Police have said that Mcvey stayed on scene.

Top Stories

App StoreGoogle Play Store

info

Newsletter

Send Photos/Videos

Contact

About Us

News Team

News 12 New York

follow us

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

more resources

Optimum Corporate

Optimum Service

Advertise on News 12

Careers

Content Removal Policy

© 2026 N12N, LLC

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

Ad Choices