STATEN ISLAND — A retired public school principal died Monday, nearly a month after she was badly injured in a car crash in Castleton Corners, police said.
Patricia Campbell, 83, was unable to speak while at Richmond University Medical Center since an April 9 crash and died from her injuries Monday, according to the NYPD and her obituary.
Campbell, of Old Town, was in the front passenger seat of a 2016 Honda on Little Clove Road when the driver got into a head-on collision with a 2008 Chevy trying to make a left-turn onto Northern Boulevard at about 2 p.m.
The 84-year-old driver of the Honda was taken to RUMC in stable condition with arm injuries, officials said. The 28-year-old Chevy driver and his three passengers were taken to the same hospital with minor injuries.
Campbell worked for the city's Department of Education for 40 years, starting as a teacher at P.S. 38 in South Beach, according to her obituary. She served as an assistant principal in Great Kill's I.S. 24 for 17 years then as a principal at P.S. 16, Tompkinsville, for 10 years until she retired in 1994.
After her retirement, Campbell was a mentor for principals around the city through the Council for Supervisors and Administrators and worked as the CCD coordinator for St. Sylvester's Roman Catholic Church for the past six years, according to her obituary.
No one was charged in the crash and police said an investigation is ongoing.
