Truck Driver Backs Over Man on Gulf Ave
A 40-year-old box truck driver backing up at the Amazon site at 546 Gulf Ave. hit Leony Salcedo-Chevalier, 34, and the city record listed one pedestrian killed at 10:58 p.m.
What We Know
Police said a 40-year-old man operating a box truck backed up at the rear of the Amazon warehouse at 546 Gulf Ave. on Staten Island and hit Leony Salcedo-Chevalier, a 34-year-old pedestrian from Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed at 10:58 p.m. on April 9, 2025, with no other injuries reported. amNY, citing law enforcement sources, reported that the driver and Salcedo-Chevalier were Amazon subcontractors. Police said the driver stopped and remained at the scene, and no criminal charges had been filed at the time of the report.
Police described a backing driver at the warehouse
Police said the crash happened at about 10:58 p.m. on April 9, 2025, in the rear of the Amazon warehouse at 546 Gulf Ave. on Staten Island. Based on a preliminary investigation, police told amNY that a 40-year-old man operating a box truck backed up at the location and hit pedestrian Leony Salcedo-Chevalier.
The city crash record lists one pedestrian killed, no other injuries, and a box truck involved at 546 Gulf Ave.
The crash was in an industrial part of western Staten Island
amNY reported that the crash took place at a major Amazon distribution hub in the industrial western end of Staten Island. The official record places the fatal crash at 546 Gulf Ave.
Leony Salcedo-Chevalier died after the crash
Law enforcement sources told amNY that Salcedo-Chevalier and the driver were Amazon subcontractors. Police said the driver stopped and remained at the scene.
Investigators recorded different pieces of the crash picture
The official record assigns a pedestrian-related contributing factor to the person killed, while the preliminary police account reported by amNY described the driver backing up and hitting Salcedo-Chevalier. Police sources said no criminal charges had been filed at the time, and the case was presented to the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad for further examination.