Driver Fatally Hits 80-Year-Old Pedestrian on Hylan Boulevard
A 65-year-old woman driving north in a 2008 Ford Edge hit and killed 80-year-old Chaosheng Wu as he crossed Hylan Boulevard at Benton Avenue in Staten Island, police said.
What We Know
According to the police report, a woman driving a 2008 Ford SUV north on Hylan Boulevard hit an 80-year-old man who was crossing at Benton Avenue on a Friday morning. The pedestrian was listed as crossing against the signal. He suffered a fatal head injury and was pronounced dead after the crash.
What happened on Hylan Boulevard
Medics took Wu to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he was pronounced dead, according to both news reports.
Chaosheng Wu was near home
The Daily News and Gothamist identified the pedestrian as 80-year-old Chaosheng Wu. Both outlets reported that he was a neighborhood resident and was hit about a block from his home.
Driver, direction, and vehicle
The driver was a 65-year-old woman, police told Gothamist and the Daily News. The reports and the city crash record identify the vehicle as a 2008 Ford Edge traveling north on Hylan Boulevard, and the official record lists one occupant in the SUV.
The driver stayed, and police reported no arrest
Police told both outlets that the driver stayed at the scene. The Daily News reported that she was not charged, and Gothamist reported that no arrests were made as the investigation continued.
A fatal crash on a high-injury Staten Island corridor
The crash happened at Hylan Boulevard and Benton Avenue in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, according to the city crash record and police accounts cited by Gothamist and the Daily News.
CrashCountNYC location data for Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island show 1,836 crashes, 1,125 injuries, 51 serious injuries and 11 deaths since 2022, underscoring the corridor's record of severe traffic harm.