A 62-year-old woman was struck and killed by a cement truck Thursday evening in Queens, according to the NYPD.

Investigators said a cement mixer that was operated by a 48-year-old man was traveling eastbound on 24th Avenue and stopped at the light.

The female cyclist, Tamara Chuchi Kao, was riding eastbound between the truck and parked cars.

After the traffic signal turned green, the truck made a right turn as the cyclist attempted to continue on 24th Avenue, which fatally striking her.  

Manny Katav said he was one of the residents in Astoria who witnessed the aftermath.

“Horrible, horrible scene. What I see, I don’t want anybody else to see,” said Katav, who’s lived in the neighborhood for 28 years.  

“I come out the house to smoke a cigarette and she was already in the floor. The guy turned and keep going, so one of the guys across the street stop him,” he continued. “They have to take care of this street. It’s the entrance to the Triborough Bridge. Sometimes it’s so congested.”

Katav and others said traffic on 29th Street has always been dangerous.

This collision occurred between two promised and protected bike lanes, which advocates say the city has still failed to build on Astoria and Ditmars Boulevard.

“People have been calling for more protected bike infrastructure and bus lanes for years,” said Laura Shepard, Queens organizer with Transportation Alternatives.

“We only have one major protected bike lane through the heart of Astoria on Crescent Street which runs north-south and we don’t have any protected east west connections,” she added.

Shepard said this is the fourth cyclist killed in Astoria in four years.

On Friday, the city’s Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that in 2022, the city experienced a decline in traffic fatalities for the first time since 2019.

Overall traffic fatalities fell 6.6%, with pedestrian fatalities decreased by 6.3%, according to a press release.

The agency also noted that cyclist fatalities in 2022 were down as well with 17 recorded last year — down from a 20-year high of 28 in 2019.

Cyclists, like Christina Furlong, said the street is also in need of regular traffic enforcement.

“It does not need to have people driving 40 miles per hour. It’s unacceptable. I don’t know where the police are right now, that there’s still drivers going 40 miles an hour at 5pm,” said Furlong, a Queens resident.  

She believes the issue will never be fixed unless the city makes a bigger effort.

“It’s time for the city to have some real education program for drivers and cyclists to work together,” said Furlong.