FATAL STATEN ISLAND HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT LEADS TO DEATH

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

At around 2:30 AM on Saturday, July 10, 2010, Grunilda Maldonado ,age 47, of Staten Island, pulled over her 1996 Toyota because its engine was overheating. A neighbor pulled over his car to help the stranded motorist. Maldonado was fiddling around under the hood of the car, trying to get it started.

With the hood open, Daniel Lozano, age 19, of Staten Island, slammed his 2000 Mazda into the back of the Toyota while trying to zoom between the two parked cars. He struck Maldonado, killing her instantly and slightly injuring the unidentified good Samaritan in the accident.

Coincidentally, at 7:00 AM. police responded to a domestic disturbance call, only blocks from Maldonado's death, and arrived at the home of Daniel Lozano. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Cops determined that he was also the hit and run driver and arrested him for leaving the scene of an accident and DWI.

Or, if you prefer, there's the drunk off-duty cop who flipped his car into a building: fracturing (breaking) the arm of one of his passengers; breaking three of his own ribs and suffering a head injury; and, hurting his other passenger who will require spine surgery.