Driver and teen scooter rider collide in fatal Staten Island crash.
A 79-year-old woman driving a Hyundai Tucson and 16-year-old scooter rider Nacere Ellis collided on College Avenue near Jewett Avenue at 2:30 p.m. on June 29, 2025, in a crash officially recorded as causing one death.
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What We Know
Nacere Ellis, 16, suffered fatal injuries in a June 29, 2025, collision with a woman driving a Hyundai Tucson in Westerleigh. Police sources told The Brooklyn Paper that Ellis was taken to Richmond University Medical Center and pronounced dead on July 2. The driver remained at the scene, and police were investigating.
Police described opposite directions of travel.
According to The Brooklyn Paper's account of the police investigation, Ellis was riding an electric Phantom scooter east on College Avenue near Jewett Avenue in Westerleigh when he crossed into the westbound lane. A 79-year-old woman was driving a Hyundai Tucson west when they collided.
The official record places the collision at 2:30 p.m. on June 29, 2025, and records one fatality and no additional injuries.
Ellis died after being taken to the hospital.
Ellis suffered head trauma, and emergency medical workers took him to Richmond University Medical Center, initially in stable condition, The Brooklyn Paper reported. Police sources said he later died from his injuries and was pronounced dead on July 2.
The driver remained at the scene. As of the article's July 13 publication, no arrests had been made, and the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was continuing its investigation.
Where
COLLEGE AVE and JEWETT AVE