Robert Altieri killed crashed, utility pole on Richmond Ave on Staten Island
Two people were killed in two separate car accidents on Staten Island and Queens, both in New York City.
Two people were killed and one person was hurt in two separate accidents on Staten Island and Queens, police said.
It happened at 11:50 p.m. Friday on Staten Island, when a man in a 2003 Ford Taurus hit a utility pole in front of 3687 Richmond Ave near Bartlett Ave in the Eltingville section of the island, police say. Driver Robert Altieri, 24, was killed in a car accident. His passenger, also 24, was taken to the hospital.
An investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad found that Altieri was speeding when he was driving north on Richmond and "failed to properly navigate the roadway." The car hit a pole.
A 26-year-old driver of a 2013 silver Infiniti G37X was killed when he hit a tree on the westbound Jackie Robinson Parkway, between Forest Park Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue, just before 10 p.m. Friday, police said.
EMTs took the driver, whose name hasn't been released, to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, cops say. None of the people around were hurt.
Police are still looking into both incidents, they say.
