Dodge driver hits Staten Island woman; she later dies.
CBS reported that a Dodge Charger driver hit Maria-Elena Andres as she walked to work; the official record places the pedestrian collision at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court at 6 a.m. on October 14, 2022, and records one pedestrian killed.
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What We Know
CBS reported that a Dodge Charger driver hit Maria-Elena Andres as she walked to work. The city record dates the pedestrian collision to 6 a.m. on October 14, 2022, at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court and records one pedestrian killed. During her ambulance trip, a Jeep struck the ambulance, which overturned. The Post reported that a second ambulance took Andres to Richmond University Medical Center, where she died. CBS said Andres was already in critical condition before the ambulance crash; the reports describe the sequence but do not say which collision caused her death.
Andres was hit while walking to work.
CBS reported that Andres was walking to work, just steps from her home, when a driver hit her as she crossed the street. The report said she was in critical condition during transport when a Jeep struck the ambulance carrying her.
Reports give different descriptions of the first location and time.
The official record places the collision at Jewett Avenue and Keiber Court on Staten Island at 6 a.m. The Post, citing police, placed it near that intersection in Westerleigh just before 6:15 a.m. CBS described the location as Jewett Avenue and “the boulevard.”
Family and friends remembered her love of singing.
CBS reported that Andres was a married mother of two young children. Her family and friends described her as hardworking, devoted to Staten Island, and fond of singing karaoke in Port Richmond; they gathered to light candles beside her sneaker.
Both articles gave Andres's age as 34. The official fatal-person record lists her age as 35.
Sources describe the first car differently.
CBS identified the car that hit Andres as a Dodge Charger and reported that its driver stayed at the scene for hours speaking with police. The official record describes a 2016 Dodge sedan traveling north and straight ahead.
The ambulance overturned during the later collision.
The Post reported that a Jeep Grand Cherokee struck the ambulance at Jewett and Main avenues, overturning it. CBS described the second vehicle as a Jeep and placed the crash at Jewett and Maine avenues. CBS also reported witness accounts that the ambulance was traveling against the one-way direction on Maine Avenue.
The Post said a second ambulance took Andres to Richmond University Medical Center, where she died. CBS reported that she was later pronounced dead and said she had been in critical condition before the ambulance crash. The reports describe the sequence but do not say which collision caused her death.
The Post reported that two EMTs and the Jeep driver suffered minor injuries and received hospital care. CBS reported that no criminality was suspected against either driver at the time and that the NYPD investigation was continuing.