Jason Marshall (Picture: Facebook)

A mother has been left brain dead after being hit by a bicyclist who yelled at her to ‘get out of the way’ before ploughing straight into her.

Jill Tarlov, 59, was crossing the road when 31-year-old cyclist Jason Marshall hit her around 4.30pm in Central Park, New York.

She was shopping for a present for her daughter’s birthday and is believed to have been using a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing when she was hit.

The cyclist, a successful baritone saxophone player, allegedly shouted ‘Get out of the way! Get out of the way!’ before hitting the woman, one witness said.




He was also riding in the wrong lane – the car lane – at the time of the incident. He admitted this at the scene of the accident. It was unclear whether or not he had ignored a red traffic light.

A British witness, Phillip Fenton, 21, who was on a field trip to New York for the University of Exeter, said the cyclist had been speeding and that he ‘didn’t look like he tried to stop’.

He added: ‘He was yelling for her to get out of the way, but I don’t think she heard him.’

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Another witness said: ‘These guys think that they have entitlement and they don’t ride in the bike lanes.’

Mrs Tarlov, the wife of an executive for CBS, was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital but was declared brain dead.

It was unclear whether the cyclist will face charges.