An 80-year-old Staten Island man, Chaosheng Wu, was killed in a collision with an SUV a mere block away from his residence, an incident confirmed by authorities today. According to Gothamist, the accident took place around 9:30 a.m. last Friday at the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Benton Avenue in the Dongan Hills neighborhood.
The New York Police Department reported Wu was crossing Hylan Boulevard from the east when a 65-year-old woman driving a 2008 Ford Edge struck him while traveling north, after the collision Wu was swiftly taken to Staten Island University North Hospital, but tragically he was pronounced dead upon arrival. The driver of the SUV remained at the scene, and as of yet, there have been no arrests tied to the event.
Further details on the circumstances leading up to the fatal incident are still under review, with investigators looking into the speed of the vehicle and the traffic signal status at the intersection during the time of the crash. Wu's unfortunate death marks this year's first traffic fatality within NYPD's 122nd Precinct, which oversees Dongan Hills among other areas, the Daily News noted that last year, the precinct had reported one traffic death from January 1 to March 2, in contrast to the zero fatalities recorded in the same period this year.
