STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island man has been arrested in connection to a December crash on the grounds of Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze that resulted in the death of 64-year-old Kathleen Murphy of Westerleigh, an environmental service worker for the hospital, police said.
Surija Bajro, 67, of the 400 block of Clifton Avenue in Rosebank, is facing charges of failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, according to a statement issued by the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Thursday.
The investigation by the NYPD’s Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined that Bajro was driving a Volkswagen SUV, traveling southwest on the parking lot access road, when he struck Murphy, who was walking northbound towards 242 Mason St. from the hospital’s parking lot at around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, police said…