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Truck Strikes, Kills Popular Hofstra U. Professor

NEW YORK (CBS 2) -- A professor, struck and killed while riding his bike in Manhattan, was being remembered fondly Tuesday.

Robert Bowen taught music at Hofstra University. The 45-year-old was hit by a truck on Second Avenue and 59th Street on August 26th.

The father of two died four days later.

The NYPD has been unable to identify the driver who hit him.

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