{"id":187836,"date":"2026-04-07T00:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187836\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:29:07","slug":"nyc-man-fatally-struck-by-out-of-control-suv-driver-while-waiting-for-the-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187836\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC man fatally struck by out-of-control SUV driver while waiting for the bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An out-of-control driver struck and killed a man waiting for the bus near the Staten Island Mall early Monday, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old victim got rammed into as he stood near the MTA bus stop at Ring Road and Platinum Avenue around 12:30 a.m., authorities and sources said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.47338129;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39010248\" width=\"869\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nyc-man-fatally-struck-out-125130186.jpg\" alt=\"A bus stop sign is visible on a sidewalk bordering a large parking lot in front of a Primark and Lidl store.\" class=\"wp-image-39010248\"  \/>The 40-year-old victim got rammed into as he stood near the MTA bus stop at Ring Road and Platinum Avenue. google maps<\/p>\n<p>The driver, a 51-year-old man, was behind the wheel of a white\u00a0Nissan Pathfinder SUV when he lost control, mounting the sidewalk and careening into the pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to\u00a0Staten Island University Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39010250\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/general-view-interior-fdny-ambulance-115769196.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of an FDNY ambulance with flashing lights at a four-alarm fire.\" class=\"wp-image-39010250\"  \/>The driver, a 51-year-old man, was behind the wheel of a white\u00a0Nissan Pathfinder SUV when he lost control. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n<p>The driver stayed at the scene. No charges had been filed against him hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s name was not immediately released, pending family notification.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad was probing the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An out-of-control driver struck and killed a man waiting for the bus near the Staten Island Mall early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1209,1015,13358,57,9,24,56,63,65,64,103,10024,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-187836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-buses","9":"tag-deaths","10":"tag-driving","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news","18":"tag-nypd","19":"tag-reckless-driving","20":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187836","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=187836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}