Emanuel Patterson, 56, was struck and killed by a box truck at Clarkson Avenue and Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn, New York

According to an initial statement from police, Emanuel Patterson, 56, was cycling westbound on Clarkson Avenue in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn at around 10 a.m. on Wednesday when the driver of a box truck, also traveling westbound on Clarkson struck him as the trucker turned right onto Rogers Avenue, a notorious intersection.