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Man Fatally Struck by SUV While Crossing the Street, NYPD Says

By Aidan Gardiner | December 28, 2016 8:15am

STATEN ISLAND — A man was fatally hit by an SUV as he tried to jaywalk in Tottenville on Tuesday night, NYPD officials said.

Ramone Fores, 33, was hit by a southbound Ford Escape as he tried to cross the street outside 225 Main St., near Bentley Lane, just minutes after 9 p.m., police said.

Fores, who lived around the corner on Bentley Lane, was pronounced dead at Staten Island University Hospital, police said.

The driver of the SUV, a 41-year-old woman, remained on the scene and wasn't immediately arrested or ticketed, police said.