{"id":366942,"date":"2026-10-07T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366942\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:04:23","slug":"suv-slams-into-utility-pole-at-staten-island-intersection-second-crash-in-4-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/366942\/","title":{"rendered":"SUV slams into utility pole at Staten Island intersection, second crash in 4 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A BMW SUV slammed into a utility pole, shearing it in half, near the intersection of Richmond and Todt Hill roads in New Dorp Tuesday night, bringing FDNY and NYPD crews to the scene.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. The NYPD cordoned off Todt Hill Road as officers investigated. An FDNY member at the scene said crews were concerned that wires could come down in the area.<\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson told the Advance\/SILive.com that, according to preliminary information, there did not appear to be any injuries but could not provide further information about the incident.<\/p>\n

The FDNY did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.<\/p>\n

\"CarAn SUV slammed into a utility pole near the intersection of Richmond and Todt Hill roads on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026.(Advance\/SILive.com | Scott R. Axelrod)Six hospitalized after Saturday crash<\/p>\n

The incident was the second crash at the intersection in four days.<\/p>\n

Six people were taken to Staten Island hospitals after a crash at the same intersection late Saturday night<\/a>, according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n

At approximately 11:42 p.m., the FDNY received a 911 call reporting a vehicle collision near the intersection of Richmond and Todt Hill roads, a department spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

EMS transported all six people to area hospitals, according to the FDNY. The spokesperson did not specify which hospitals they were taken to or provide details about their conditions.<\/p>\n

The NYPD\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad was not called to either scene, according to a police spokesperson. The unit typically investigates crashes involving life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A BMW SUV slammed into a utility pole, shearing it in half, near the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-366942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366942","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=366942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}