Ambulance Passenger Dies After Staten Island Crash
Police told the Post that a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit an ambulance taking a woman to the hospital on Jewett Avenue in Staten Island, and the official record lists one ambulance passenger killed.
What We Know
EMS workers were taking an injured woman to a hospital on Staten Island on Oct. 14, 2022, after she had been hit while crossing Jewett Avenue, the New York Post reported, citing police. At Jewett and Maine avenues, police said a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit the ambulance hard enough for the impact to leave it on its side. The city crash record counts one ambulance passenger killed and four motorists injured. It records the fatal passenger as a 35-year-old woman, while the Post account described her as 34. The crash record lists traffic-control disregard for the collision, with traffic-control disregard and unsafe speed recorded for the ambulance driver.
An ambulance trip ended in a fatal crash
The city record places the crash at about 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue in Staten Island. The record lists one person killed and four motorists injured.
The Post, citing police, reported that EMS workers were transporting a woman who had been hit while crossing Jewett Avenue minutes earlier. Police said a Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit the ambulance, and the force of the impact left the ambulance on its side.
Jewett Avenue has seen repeated harm
The fatal collision happened at Jewett Avenue and Maine Avenue in Staten Island.
CrashCountNYC's street context for Jewett Avenue recorded 130 crashes, 87 injuries, 10 serious injuries and 3 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The passenger's age is reported differently
The official record describes the person killed as a 35-year-old female passenger in the rear area of the ambulance. The Post, citing police, described the woman as 34 and said she had been hit while crossing Jewett Avenue near Keiber Court before EMS workers began taking her to Richmond University Medical Center.
The official record counts four motorists injured. The Post reported minor injuries to two EMTs and the Jeep driver, who were treated at a nearby hospital.
The record points to traffic-control disregard
The city crash record lists traffic-control disregard as the contributing factor for the collision. In the vehicle-level record, the ambulance driver is recorded heading east and going straight, with traffic-control disregard and unsafe speed listed for that driver; the Jeep driver is recorded heading north and going straight.
The Post account, citing police, says the Jeep Grand Cherokee driver hit the ambulance. The public sources do not provide a fuller investigative finding on the sequence.