Ambulance passenger dies after Staten Island collision
A driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and an ambulance crew were involved in a fatal Oct. 14, 2022, collision at Jewett and Maine avenues while EMS was taking a woman injured in an earlier crash to a hospital.
What We Know
The fatal collision happened at Jewett and Maine avenues in Staten Island at about 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022. Police told the New York Post that EMS was taking a woman injured in an earlier Jewett Avenue collision to the hospital when a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and the ambulance crew were involved in a second collision. Officials said the impact left the ambulance on its side. A second ambulance took the woman to Richmond University Medical Center, where she died. City crash data records one motorist killed and four motorists injured, with Traffic Control Disregarded listed as a contributing factor.
A hospital trip became a second emergency
Police told the New York Post that the woman had been injured while crossing Jewett Avenue near Keiber Court shortly before 6:15 a.m. As EMS was taking her to the hospital, a driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and the ambulance crew were involved in a collision at Jewett and Maine avenues.
Officials said the impact left the ambulance on its side. A second ambulance took the woman to Richmond University Medical Center, where she died.
Jewett Avenue has seen repeated serious harm
The fatal collision was recorded at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue in Staten Island.
CrashCountNYC Crash Finder counts 130 crashes, 87 injuries, 10 serious injuries and 3 deaths on Jewett Avenue in Staten Island since 2022.
What is known about the people involved
The city record describes the person killed as a 35-year-old female passenger in the ambulance. The New York Post, citing police, described her as 34. Both sources place her in the ambulance after an earlier Jewett Avenue collision.
The official record counts four injured motorists. The New York Post reported that two EMTs and the Jeep driver had minor injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.