Crashing Cars Kill Bicyclist, Hurt Pedestrian in Brooklyn

Two vehicles crashed in a Brooklyn intersection on Sunday afternoon, sending one spinning through the street and into a bicyclist, killing him, police said. 

The car also hit a pedestrian who was hospitalized in stable condition. 

One vehicle was driving on Avenue L and the other on Coney Island Avenue when they collided. 

Witness Simon Gifter said one the impact sent one of the vehicles careening across the street and into a bicyclist. 

"I heard this massive boom," said Grifter, who had just parked his car nearby when the vehicles crashed. 

The cyclist was crushed by a blue minivan, he said. 

"It was awful, such an awful scene," he said. 

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