FDNY ambulance and paramedic.
Photo: Andrés Correa Guatarasma / Courtesy
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A peaceful morning on a quiet New York street turned into tragedy in seconds yesterday, when a baby was run over while walking hand in hand with her mother on Staten Island.
The security camera from a neighboring house recorded the disturbing scene in the distance, capturing the desperate cries of the mother, after being hit along with her daughter at the crosswalk by a woman driving a jeep, yesterday shortly after 7 am. in the Rosebank neighborhood.
The Jeep truck was making a left turn from Scarboro Av onto Abbot St. when driver Shannon Cocozza, 40, struck them. The woman remained at the scene and was later charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian and not exercising due care.
Paramedics rushed 20-month-old Lian Mashni and her mother to Staten Island North Hospital. The girl underwent surgery, but she died about an hour later, police said. The 31-year-old mother was reported in stable condition, with injuries to her legs.
“I heard the mother scream,” witness Frances Garcia told ABC News. “Everyone was running straight there. When I arrived, the mother had her whole body on top of the baby… who was bleeding from her head. The driver came over and helped her out of it and said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry.’” She was like, ‘It’s not your fault. The truck was on the road.’”
In addition to armed violence, traffic accidents are another great challenge for the new mayor Eric Adams, after a dismal legacy from his predecessor, Bill De Blasio. New York City has experienced a 35% increase in traffic accidents so far this year, stated NYPD in mid-April. At the end of that month there was a tragic streak in NYC at an average of one person killed by a run over every day.
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