A 7-year-old girl was clinging to life Friday following a devastating car crash in Staten Island that also involved two seniors, including a 90-year-old man, police said.
Five people were injured in the crash between a Honda SUV and an Audi SUV near the corner of Rockland Ave. and Forest Hill Road in New Springville just before 10 a.m.
One of the victims ran off before EMS could respond and provide medical care, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if that person was driving one of the vehicles.
EMS rushed the 7-year-old girl to Staten Island University North Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.
Three other people from the two-car crash, which included a 50-year-old man, a 70-year-old woman and a 90-year-old man, were also taken to Staten Island University North Hospital and are expected to survive.
Both vehicles sustained massive front end damage, cops said. One of the cars may have been struck as it made a turn into a nearby park.
No charges were filed as police continue their investigation.
The intersection where the crash occurred was renamed “Brianna Gabrielle Gioia Corner” in 2008 to honor a 20-year-old woman who died in a crash at the corner. The car Gioia was in was being driven by a high school student without a license who crashed after her right tire got caught in a gully and she veered into oncoming traffic.
