Driver in Sedan Fatally Injured Pedestrian on Jewett Avenue
A driver in a northbound 2016 Dodge sedan fatally injured a pedestrian at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court on Oct. 14, 2022, and police told the Post she died after a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the ambulance taking her to the hospital nearby.
What We Know
At about 6 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, a driver in a northbound 2016 Dodge sedan hit a woman at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court on Staten Island while going straight, city crash data shows. The Post, citing police, reported that she was crossing Jewett Avenue near Keiber Court in Westerleigh just before 6:15 a.m. City data records her as a 35-year-old pedestrian; the Post described her as 34. Police said medics were taking her to Richmond University Medical Center when a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the ambulance at Jewett and Main avenues, overturning it onto its side. A second ambulance took her to the hospital, where police said she died. City data lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor in the Jewett and Keiber crash.
The crash and the emergency trip that followed
City crash data records the pedestrian crash at 6 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court. The record says a driver in a northbound 2016 Dodge sedan was going straight ahead, and it records one pedestrian death.
The Post, citing police, reported that the woman was crossing Jewett Avenue near Keiber Court in Westerleigh just before 6:15 a.m. when she was hit. Police said a second ambulance took her to Richmond University Medical Center after a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the first ambulance a few blocks away at Jewett and Main avenues; she died at the hospital.
A Westerleigh crossing, then a second crash nearby
The fatal pedestrian crash was recorded at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court in Staten Island's 10314 ZIP code. The Post placed the crossing in Westerleigh and said the later ambulance crash happened only a few blocks away, at Jewett and Main avenues.
The woman killed was described differently by the records
City records identify the person killed as a female pedestrian and list her age as 35. The Post, citing police, described her as 34.
The Post reported that two EMTs and the Jeep driver in the later ambulance crash suffered minor injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.
The official record identifies a sedan in the fatal crash
City data lists the driver in the Jewett and Keiber crash as a licensed male driver in a 2016 Dodge sedan, traveling north with one occupant.
Police told the Post that a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the ambulance transporting the injured woman at Jewett and Main avenues, and the impact overturned the ambulance onto its side.