Wrong-way Range Rover driver in fatal Staten Island crash
A 36-year-old woman driving a Range Rover north in the southbound lanes was involved in a three-vehicle collision on Staten Island's West Shore Expressway; the 66-year-old Kia driver was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police accounts reported by ABC7 and the DailyNews
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What We Know
Police accounts reported by ABC7 and the Daily News say a southbound Kia Seltos and a Range Rover traveling north in the southbound lanes collided. A southbound Jeep driver then struck both vehicles. Medics pronounced the Kia's 66-year-old driver dead at the scene. Reports differ on whether three or four other people were injured.
The Jeep driver struck both vehicles after the initial collision.
ABC7 and the Daily News reported that a 66-year-old woman was driving a southbound Kia Seltos and a 36-year-old woman was driving a Range Rover north in the southbound lanes when the vehicles collided. Both outlets said a southbound Jeep driver then struck the Kia and Range Rover. CBS described the Jeep driver's impact as occurring a short time later, after the first two vehicles were damaged.
The crash was reported near Exit 8 in Travis.
The Daily News placed the crash on the West Shore Expressway near Exit 8 in Travis, Staten Island. Reports described the Range Rover as traveling north in the southbound lanes.
The Daily News gave a time of about 5:35 a.m.; CBS reported around 5:36 a.m. The Daily News described the crash as early Saturday in an article published October 10, 2026, so October 10 is inferred from that relative reference rather than stated as an explicit crash date.
The Kia driver's death was confirmed, but injury counts differed.
Medics pronounced the 66-year-old woman driving the Kia dead at the scene, according to ABC7, the Daily News and CBS. CBS said her identity had not been released by Saturday evening.
ABC7 and the Daily News reported that four others were hospitalized: the Range Rover's 36-year-old driver, the Jeep's 21-year-old driver, and two Jeep passengers, a 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man. ABC7 reported all four were stable, and the Daily News said they were expected to survive. CBS reported three injured people rather than four and said they were stable.
Investigators had announced no arrests by publication.
ABC7 and the Daily News reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating and no arrests had been made when their reports were published. ABC7 and CBS said those involved remained at the scene.