{"id":133636,"date":"2026-02-14T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133636\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:01:08","slug":"1-person-taken-to-hospital-after-destructive-vehicle-crash-in-new-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133636\/","title":{"rendered":"1 person taken to hospital after destructive vehicle crash in New Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XYQJJINHGZDERHBWM5ZB4GKQIA\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 One person was transported to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton Saturday morning after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole in New Brighton, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2E2EDZGYKJFJJEU7EZTNQDP7ME\">The collision took place in the vicinity Franklin Avenue and Richmond Terrace at around 9:51 a.m., the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FANBIKCFRFA3BB45VYV446PE3Q\">The condition of the patient is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Brighton crash on Feb. 14, 2026\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/VORUID4QRNHVXKBBSXG6SCRILU.jpg\"  \/>One person was taken to a local hospital after a vehicle collided with a pole in New Brighton on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3JZVTAIA2NCBHILVKHSAB2OIFE\">The scene was monitored by the NYPD in the wake of the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QFWRXMZCDRAHRKLWTONO5TKZYQ\">At the site, a white Nissan SUV could be seen driven up onto the sidewalk along Richmond Terrace, a small distance away from the intersection with Franklin Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G5FFKFIIXBGVZDC7EKP2WZ7QSE\">The vehicle, which rested beside the pole, had significant damage to its front end.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Brighton crash on Feb. 14, 2026\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5RSAWJUE5JEC7HWDWTXIWKEE6E.jpg\"  \/>One person was taken to a local hospital after a vehicle collided with a pole in New Brighton on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5W3CWLSDOBAX7ICIBY74WZB55Q\">The hood was completely detached and could be seen lying on the sidewalk. A few feet away, in the street, a pane of glass rested with numerous cracks throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5WQ4GRHPUZFC3CORLWRTGZI6C4\">The front windshield of the SUV was smashed out and the side windows were not visible. Deployed airbags could be seen within the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AY2HHSDXPRGHHP3C3JJFWQZ3L4\">What appeared to be latex gloves were also strewn about the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Brighton crash on Feb. 14, 2026\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RCGSULM5BJEIJLH7NUCXJFDW7U.jpg\"  \/>One person was taken to a local hospital after a vehicle collided with a utility pole in New Brighton on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Luke Peteley)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 One person was transported to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton Saturday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-133636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}