Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Ultimate Bad Luck: Man sitting on a Staten Island park bench on a sunny day killed by an SUV after a nearby crash







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Oriamor Benson’s SUV lies on its side above a demolished park bench.
Peter Gerber

 June 25, 2015

Staten Island, NY
 
A sunny afternoon in a Staten Island park turned tragic for a 57-year-old man who was hit and killed by an SUV while sitting on a park bench Wednesday.

The incident unfolded just before 2 p.m. in Tompkinsville, when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Bay Street and Victory Boulevard, cops said.

One of the vehicles, an SUV driven by a 25-year-old woman named Oriamor Benson, mounted the curb and hit David Craig, who was on a bench in Tompkinsville Park.

Craig was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Benson, of Britton Avenue in Staten Island was charged with driving while ability impaired.
Source:http://nypost.com