CBS VP Wife Brain Dead After Central Park Accident

CBS senior vice president and controller of CBS Television Stations Michael Wittman‘s wife, Jill Tarlov, was involved in an accident in New York on Thursday afternoon that left her brain dead.

Tarlov, 59, was struck by a cyclist in Central Park. She was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was declared brain dead.

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed that a woman was critically injured after being struck by a bicycle in Central Park, but could not release her name. Eyewitness accounts relayed by the The Post suggested the cyclist, Jason Marshall, was traveling at high speeds and attempted to warn Tarlov before the collision. source

 
CBS and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center did not immediately respond to requests for comment.