A 90-year-old man involved in a devastating crash in Staten Island died Saturday, while a 6-year-old girl who was also seriously injured remains in critical condition, officials said.
Gerardo Avila died at Staten Island University North Hospital after a Honda SUV and an Audi SUV collided at 10 a.m. Friday at the corner of Rockland Avenue and Forest Hills Road in New Springville.
Avila was riding in a Honda HRV with the 6-year-old girl and a 70-year-old woman believed to be his wife. Police said they were traveling south on Forest Hills Road when they collided with an Audi Q5 making a left turn from Rockland Avenue into Forest Hills.
At the time of the accident, a 50-year-old man was driving an Audi car.
Avila, the 70-year-old woman who was driving the car, and the young girl were all taken to Staten Island University North Hospital, where Avila died.
The girl, initially believed to be 7 years old, remained in critical condition Saturday, according to preliminary reports. Police said the 70-year-old woman was in critical but stable condition.
The 50-year-old man driving the Audi was taken to the same hospital with minor injuries.
Police are still investigating the accident and no arrests have been made yet.
Officials said early reports that a passenger in one of the vehicles ran away before emergency medical services arrived, but that had not been confirmed Saturday.
In 2008, the intersection where the collision occurred was renamed “Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner” in honor of a 20-year-old woman who died in a crash around the corner.
The car Gioia was traveling in, driven by a high school student without a driver’s license, swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed when her right tire got stuck in a ravine.