ACCIDENT: DISABLED PEDESTRIAN KILLED WHILE CROSSING STREET BY BIG RIG TRUCK IN STATEN ISLAND

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Injury Lawyer)

On Friday June 4, 2010 at 8:50 A.M. Therese Alonso, age 64, of Staten Island, New York, was killed in an accident while crossing Richmond Terrace when she was struck by a tractor-trailer. She was going to a local market to shop.

The petite mother of two grown sons lived alone in a nearby apartment. She was disabled and walked with a cane because of leg pain.

Some eyewitnesses said the tractor trailer truck was slowing down as it approached a red light at the intersection but sped up just before it turned green. Other witnesses say the truck jumped from a stop when the traffic light turned green.

Apparently the truck driver did not see the woman before the fatal accident. She died from her serious personal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are investigating the fatal accident, but criminal charges are not expected.