Three teens died after drivers collided on Hylan Boulevard
A 16-year-old Ford Mustang driver and a GMC Yukon driver collided at Hylan Boulevard and Richard Avenue on July 10, 2022, leaving three teen passengers dead and six people injured, the official record and police accounts cited by news outlets show.
What We Know
At about 8:47 p.m. on July 10, 2022, a 16-year-old driver in a Ford Mustang and the driver of a GMC Yukon collided at Hylan Boulevard and Richard Avenue on Staten Island. The official record lists three motorists killed and six injured, with unsafe speed and failure to yield recorded as contributing factors. Police accounts reported by local news identified the people who died as Fernanda Gil, 16, and backseat passengers Jesie Gil and Ashley Rodriguez, both 15; the Daily News later spelled Jesie's name as Jessie and reported that Fernanda and Jessie were siblings. News reports said the Yukon driver was turning left and that the Mustang split apart after impact. The official vehicle record lists the Ford driver with a New York permit and the SUV driver as unlicensed; Gothamist and the Daily News described the SUV driver's license as suspended.
A Sunday night crash left three passengers dead
The official record places the crash at 8:47 p.m. on July 10, 2022, at Hylan Boulevard and Richard Avenue and lists three motorists killed and six injured. News accounts described a 16-year-old driver in a Ford Mustang and a 47-year-old driver in a GMC Yukon, with five people riding in the GMC and four in the Ford.
News accounts agreed that the GMC driver was making a left turn at Richard Avenue, but described the Ford driver's last lane movement differently. Gothamist reported that the Ford driver swerved into the opposing lane; the New York Post reported that police said the Ford driver moved from the left lane to the right lane before the impact.
The people who died were teen passengers
Authorities identified the passengers who died as Fernanda Gil, 16, and backseat passengers Jesie Gil and Ashley Rodriguez, both 15. The Daily News later spelled Jesie's first name as Jessie and reported that Fernanda and Jessie were siblings.
Gothamist and the New York Post reported that Jesie Gil and Ashley Rodriguez died at the scene and that Fernanda Gil died after first responders took her to Staten Island University Hospital. News reports said the 16-year-old Ford driver was taken to a hospital in serious or critical but stable condition, and the five people in the GMC had minor injuries.
Speed, yielding and licensing were central facts
The official crash record lists unsafe speed and failure to yield right of way as contributing factors. The Ford driver's vehicle entry lists unsafe speed and driver inexperience, while the GMC driver's entry lists failure to yield right of way.
The official vehicle record lists the Ford driver with a New York permit and the GMC driver as unlicensed. Press accounts reported that the Ford driver held a learner's permit, and Gothamist said the GMC driver was taken into custody at the scene but had not been formally charged as of Monday morning. Gothamist and the Daily News described the GMC driver's license as suspended, while the official vehicle record describes the driver as unlicensed.
Hylan Boulevard at Richard Avenue sits on a high-crash corridor
The crash happened at Hylan Boulevard and Richard Avenue on Staten Island. Across the broader Hylan Boulevard corridor on Staten Island, Crash Finder records 1,836 crashes, 1,125 injuries, 51 serious injuries and 11 deaths since 2022.
After the crash, city transportation officials said they would move forward with a Hylan Boulevard redesign on a 1.2-mile South Shore stretch between Satterlee Street and Page Avenue, and would explore additional changes at the crash intersection. The Daily News reported that the fatal crash site was a block east of the planned redesign.