{"id":88305,"date":"2026-01-03T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88305\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:49:09","slug":"nypd-man-90-dies-following-staten-island-vehicle-crash-70-year-old-woman-and-6-year-old-girl-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88305\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD: Man, 90, dies following Staten Island vehicle crash; 70-year-old woman and 6-year-old girl in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A 90-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital following a vehicle collision in New Springville<\/a> Friday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson told the Advance\/SILive.com that Gerardo Avila, a resident of Tompkins Street in Stapleton, died from injuries sustained in the two-vehicle crash. The collision also left a 70-year-old woman and 6-year-old girl in critical condition, police said.<\/p>\n

A 50-year-old man who was also involved in this crash is in stable condition, according to police.<\/p>\n

Police initially said that a 90-year-old man, a 70-year-old female and a 50-year-old man were in stable condition and that a 7-year-old girl was in critical condition.<\/p>\n

\"NewEmergency personnel responded to a vehicle collision at Forest Hill Road and Rockland Avenue on Friday, Jan. 2, 2025.(Source photo)<\/p>\n

As reported, police responded to a 911 call for a vehicle collision involving a Honda SUV and an Audi SUV in the vicinity of Forest Hill Road and Rockland Avenue around 9:57 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n

According to the NYPD, the 50-year-old man was driving the Audi SUV. The 70-year-old woman was the operator of the Honda SUV, which was also occupied by Avila in the front passenger seat and the 6-year-old girl in the rear passenger seat, police said.<\/p>\n

At the time of the collision, the Audi SUV was traveling westbound on Rockland Avenue and attempting to make a left turn onto Forest Hill Road. The Honda SUV was traveling southbound toward Richmond Hill Road on Forest Hill Road.<\/p>\n

Details were unavailable on whether anyone was speeding or if traffic signals were disregarded.<\/p>\n

An FDNY spokesperson told the Advance\/SILive.com on Friday that the adults suffered serious injuries. The spokesperson also said a fifth person left the scene before being evaluated by EMS.<\/p>\n

Images of the aftermath show the wreckage of the two vehicles near the intersection. Both SUVs suffered extensive visible damage to their front ends.<\/p>\n

No arrests had been made in this case as of Saturday afternoon, according to the NYPD spokesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A 90-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital following a vehicle collision in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-88305","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\/88305","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=88305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}