The three teenagers killed in a horrific Staten Island crash that break up their Ford Mustang in two have been touring at an “unsafe pace” earlier than colliding with one other automobile and right into a tree, launching two of the passengers into the air, police mentioned Monday.
Entrance passenger Fernanda Gil, 16, and backseat passengers Jesie Gil and Ashley Rodriguez, 15, have been recognized because the victims killed round 8:45 p.m. Sunday on the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Richard Avenue in Tottenville, authorities mentioned.
Their automobile was heading east on Hylan Boulevard at an “unsafe pace” and abruptly swerved from the left to the best lane when it was struck on the driving force’s facet by a 2017 GMC Yukon, heading west on the identical avenue and making a left flip onto southbound Richard Avenue, cops mentioned.
The passenger facet of the Mustang then slammed right into a tree, inflicting it to separate in two and ejecting each 15-year-old again seat passengers, authorities mentioned.
The entrance of the Mustang then continued east on Hylan Boulevard, the place it mounted the sidewalk and uprooted a small tree, earlier than putting a phone pole and coming to a last relaxation, cops mentioned.
Jesie Gil and Ashley Rodriguez have been pronounced useless on scene, and Fernanda Gil succumbed to her accidents at Staten Island Hospital North, authorities mentioned.
The connection between the Gils was not instantly identified.
The Mustang driver, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to the identical hospital, the place he's listed in important however steady situation.
The Yukon driver, a 47-year-old man, and his 4 passengers – an 11-year-old lady, a 19-year-old girl, a 44-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man, have been taken to the identical hospital with minor accidents, cops mentioned.
The driving force was additionally taken into custody for a suspended driver’s license, with prices pending, cops mentioned.
The lethal crash remained underneath investigation by the NYPD’s Freeway Collision Investigation Squad early Monday, cops mentioned.
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