Staten Island +Pedestrian Struck+ a major car accident with a 12-yaar-old girl struck in front of 1137 Willow Brook Rd. and Birchard Ave. while heading to a school bus. FDNY on the scene reporting child has life-threatening injuries and is likely, Hatzolah requested and NYPD Highway-5 AI team for the confirmed job.
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U/D:07:27
Child was removed to St. Vincents Hospital.
U/D: 09:57
A M/41 was arrested and charged with failure to obey traffic signal, failure to stop for a school bus, and for expired insurance.
The driver of the minivan, who was identified by a friend at the scene as 41-year-old John Anil, is charged in connection with hitting the girl, as she was running to catch a school bus.
“When I heard that, I thought somebody hit my car. I thought it was a car-on-car accident,” said witness Avi Merl, who heard the van hit the child.
After the accident, Anil, who reportedly works for the Metropolitan Transit Authority, pulled over to the curb and waited as the bus driver called 9-1-1
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Dilani Chandrakumar, 12, was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition, police said.
Police took the driver of the car into custody for failure to stop at a sign and for expired insurance.