Ambulance Patient Dies After Staten Island Crash
At 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue, a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit an ambulance carrying a woman to Richmond University Medical Center after an earlier collision; she later died, police told the Post.
What We Know
The city crash record places the fatal collision at 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue in Staten Island and records one ambulance passenger killed and four other motorists injured. Police told the Post that the woman was being taken to Richmond University Medical Center after a driver had hit her nearby when a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit the ambulance at Jewett and Maine avenues; EMS workers in a second ambulance brought her to the hospital, where she died. The official record lists the fatality as a 35-year-old female ambulance passenger; the Post, citing police, reported her age as 34.
What police said happened
EMS workers in a second ambulance took the woman to Richmond University Medical Center, where she died, police said.
Where the ambulance collision was recorded
The city crash record places the fatal collision at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue in Staten Island’s 10314 ZIP code at 6:30 a.m. The Post described that intersection as a few blocks from Jewett Avenue near Keiber Court, where police said the woman had first been hit shortly before the ambulance trip.
Who was hurt
The city record identifies the person killed as a female passenger in the rear of the ambulance, age 35. The Post, citing police, reported her age as 34.
The Post reported that two EMTs and the Jeep driver suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital. The city record lists four injured motorists in addition to the passenger who died.
What the sources say about contributing factors
The city record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor for the collision and assigns Traffic Control Disregarded and Unsafe Speed to the ambulance entry. The Post reported the police account that a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit the ambulance.