STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A multi-vehicle collision in West Brighton Monday night sent a person to the hospital and left several cars with significant damage.
The crash was reported to the FDNY around 10:13 p.m. outside Li Greci’s The Staaten at 679 Forest Ave., according to a department spokesperson.
One person refused medical attention at the scene and another was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton, the spokesperson added.
The condition of the patient was not revealed by the FDNY.
Donna Long, a Grymes Hill resident, was just leaving an event hosted at The Staaten moments before the collision.
Long, who was accompanied by two friends, left the venue for her car parked across the street. Just as the women were pulling away, Long heard the crash. She immediately grew concerned as moments prior the ladies were escorted to their vehicle by the owner of The Staaten.
“We parked the car and we went over, most importantly to see if anybody was hurt,” Long told the Advance/SILive.com.
In all, she says at least four or five cars were involved in the destruction.
“One car in particular, the wheel was off,” she added.
One of the parked cars belonged to a waitress at The Staaten who just moved her vehicle, according to Long.
“We were concerned for the driver of the car that was hit head-on because he really looked dazed,” Long explained. “He said he felt OK, but that his neck was bothering him, but he was certainly dazed.”
It was once EMS arrived on scene that Long left.
“I couldn’t fall asleep last night, and all day today I kept reliving the sound, the sight of it and the closeness of us just missing it,” she said.
“It could have been a real disaster” added Long. “I mean it was bad enough and I feel terrible for the people whose cars were just parked … but, you know, cars can be replaced, people can’t.”
In the wake of the collision, at least three vehicles were seen with significant damage.
One vehicle, a white SUV, ultimately found itself partially on the sidewalk with extensive damage to the right driver’s side. Images from the scene show the front, driver’s side tire visibly off the vehicle.
A second SUV could be seen pinned up against the driver’s side of the SUV on the sidewalk. The front of this vehicle was visibly mangled.
A third SUV was seen at the site — to the left of the second SUV — in one of the lanes of Forest Avenue. This vehicle sustained extensive damage to it’s front end, which appeared to be up against the driver’s side of the second SUV.
A pile of debris from the damaging crash could be seen littering the street of Forest Avenue between the three vehicles.
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