(AP Photo/New York City Fire Department Photo Unit)
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — An off-duty firefighter who was riding his bike to work amid the transit strike was struck and critically injured Thursday morning by a private bus in midtown Manhattan.
Fire officials identified the victim as 39-year-old Matthew Long, a son of Michael Long, the Conservative Party state chairman. The bus driver, Bryant Barr, 30, of Albany, N.Y., was given a ticket for making an illegal turn.
Long was riding to work from his Manhattan home to the fire department’s training academy on Randalls Island when the accident occurred, authorities said.
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