Tragic Crash Claims the Life of Two Young Staten Islanders
A tragic car crash early Sunday morning took the lives of 19 year old Daniel Peluso of Great Kills and 20 year old Jeffrey Capretta of Woodrow and injured 4 others. Apparently, a Nissan Altima owned by Peluso was being driven by one of the car''s occupants at the time of the accident. The 6, of which only 2 were of the legal drinking age, were coming from the Clubhouse Lounge, a bar on Arthur Kill Road. The car, estimated to be going almost 90 m.p.h., fishtailed and wrapped around a utility pole, ejecting two people from the car.
I can't imagine losing a child and the pain that their families are going through right now is unbearable. My condolences go out to the Peluso and Capretta families in their time of mourning. I hope that the other occupants of the car are not seriously injured and recover quickly, although the mental pain and anguish that they have suffered will most likely never go away.
For those of you that are reading this blog post, please always wear your seat belts, wherever you are sitting in a car. Its not known if seat belt use could have prevented the tragedy that occurred that night but statistics have shown that seat belts save lives; its not open for argument anymore. Don't drink and drive and don't get into a car driven by anyone who has been drinking. It is yours or your child's life that can be at risk. Make sure that they know the dangers. I am not naive enough to believe that we can stop underage drinking but we can make sure that our children know the consequences.
Our children need to be made aware of what can happen when driving a car, without the tragic examples that have become all too common on Staten Island. Speeding, drinking while driving, running red lights and other reckless behavior seems to be an all too common occurrence on Staten Island. Please speak to your children about driving. The conversation that you have with them just may save a life. Do it today before its too late.
