"The driver of a minivan hit and killed a philanthropist who was cycling north up Riverside Drive in Washington Heights late on Sunday, according to friends and cops. Cops say the wreck unfolded a little after 9 p.m. on Sunday at Riverside Drive and 158th Street when a 37-year-old driver of a white Toyota minivan struck the 78-year-old biker from behind. The driver remained at the scene and has not been charged. The investigation is ongoing, the NYPD said."
"Meanwhile, the biker, identified by friends as Geoffrey Radbill, was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he died. Radbill's grieving life partner declined to speak when reached at their Upper West Side apartment on Wednesday. Radbill built a career at a major financial services firm in the city, AXA-Equitable. He became a prolific donor to his alma mater, Bowling Green State University in Ohio. A renovated portion of the university's Mathematical Sciences Building was named after him in 2023. He was also a major fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society."
The crash occurred a little after 9 p.m. at Riverside Drive and 158th Street when a 37-year-old driver of a white Toyota minivan struck a 78-year-old cyclist from behind. The driver remained at the scene and has not been charged; the investigation is ongoing. The cyclist, identified as Geoffrey Radbill, was rushed to Harlem Hospital and died. Radbill's life partner declined to speak when reached at their Upper West Side apartment. Radbill worked at AXA-Equitable and donated extensively to Bowling Green State University, which named a renovated portion of its Mathematical Sciences Building after him in 2023. He also fundraised for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. City data show 11 reported crashes at that intersection since January 2020 and 79,188 reported collisions citywide so far this year, injuring 5,188 cyclists and 8,330 pedestrians.
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