Driver Charged After 1-Year-Old Killed in Rosebank Crosswalk
At 7:05 a.m. on May 26, 2022, police said Shannon Cocozza turned a white Jeep left in Rosebank and hit 1-year-old Lian Mashini and her mother in a marked crosswalk; Lian died at Staten Island University North Hospital.
What We Know
The city crash record says a driver in a 2019 Jeep SUV was making a left turn at Scarboro Avenue and Abbott Street when she failed to yield; one pedestrian, a 1-year-old girl, was killed, another pedestrian was injured, and one motorist was injured. Police identified the driver as 40-year-old Shannon Cocozza and said she was turning a white Jeep Cherokee left onto Abbott Street from Scarboro Avenue when she hit Lian Mashini and her mother as they crossed near their Rosebank home. Police charged Cocozza with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, Gothamist reported.
A left turn at a Staten Island intersection
The crash happened at 7:05 a.m. at Scarboro Avenue and Abbott Street. The city record lists the driver’s pre-crash movement as making a left turn and the contributing factor as failure to yield right of way.
Police told Gothamist that Shannon Cocozza, 40, was driving a white Jeep Cherokee and turning left onto Abbott Street from Scarboro Avenue when she hit Lian Mashini and her mother as they crossed the street.
Lian Mashini died; her mother was injured
The official record identifies the person killed as a 1-year-old female pedestrian who was crossing at the intersection in a marked crosswalk with no signal. Gothamist, citing police, identified her as Lian Mashini and reported that first responders took Lian and her mother to Staten Island University North Hospital, where Lian died. Police said her mother was in stable condition.
Police filed failure-to-yield and due-care charges
Gothamist reported that police arrested Cocozza and charged her with failure to yield and failure to exercise due care. Police said Cocozza remained at the scene, and surveillance footage showed her getting out of her vehicle and approaching the mother and child.
Where
Scarboro Ave & Abbott St, Staten Island