STATEN ISLAND, NY — A garbage truck accident involving several pedestrians left one person dead in Staten Island, New York on Friday, July 18th, 2014, according to the news report from 7 Online.
Authorities believe one an as-of-yet unidentified 93-year-old woman was killed when a garbage truck is believed to have collided with a group of pedestrians while driving through the intersection of Clove Road and Delafield Avenue around 7:30 Friday morning.
Scene of the Accident
When paramedics arrived on the scene they pronounced the victim dead. Two other people were hospitalized with unspecified injuries. It is not clear at this point what may have caused the accident.
The New York City Police Department is currently investigating the accident.
Commentary:
This is one of those situations where we are not working with too many concrete details, but I can tell you this accident is probably going to come down to where the pedestrians were standing when the accident occurred. If the dump truck hopped a curve, ran a red light or stop sign, or struck the victim’s while they were in a crosswalk, the waste disposal company is probably going to find themselves squarely under a magnifying glass, and at the unfortunate end of some serious liability related questions in the coming days. As they should be if this is how things happened.
–Grossman Law Offices
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