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A “devastated” family whose father and daughter were left seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver on Staten Island is planning to sue the city for $101 million, The Post has learned.

Guy Seth and his 6-year-daughter were mowed down as they crossed the street in January by Staten Island pediatrician Sam Leuzzi, who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, authorities said.

Leuzzi, 66, drove his black GMC truck into Seth, 52, and his daughter, Zoey, who was sitting on her dad’s shoulders while crossing the busy Arthur Kill and Drumgoole roads in Greenridge Jan. 9, police said.


  Guy Seth and his 6-year-daughter, Zoey, were mowed down as they crossed the street in January by Staten Island pediatrician Sam Leuzzi, who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, authorities said Brian Zak/NY Post Guy Seth and his 6-year-daughter, Zoey, were mowed down as they crossed the street in January by Staten Island pediatrician Sam Leuzzi, who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, authorities said Brian Zak/NY Post

  Dr. Sam Leuzzi was arrested in January on a misdemeanor for not reporting the accident, cops said. 
  

  He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance. His criminal case is pending. Staten Island Advance Dr. Sam Leuzzi was arrested in January on a misdemeanor for not reporting the accident, cops said. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance. His criminal case is pending. Staten Island Advance

The little girl fractured her skull, requiring surgery, and the father suffered a “catastrophic, traumatic brain injury,” said family attorney Ravi Batra, who filed a notice of claim against the city.

Leuzzi is not named in the pending suit.

The claim alleges the city Department of Transportation “negligently designed and created the dangerous intersection of Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole [Road] West.”

Batra told The Post that the intersection was “known for years to be defective and deadly, by having a disappearing green arrow to control two left-turn lanes on Arthur Kill Road on to Drumgoole Road West.”


  Zoey suffered a fractured skull in the crash and “has a titanium plate in her 
  

  head,” family attorney Ravi Batra said.
 Zoey suffered a fractured skull in the crash and “has a titanium plate in her head,” family attorney Ravi Batra said.

  Guy Seth, who turned 52 on Saturday, suffered 
  

  a “catastrophic, traumatic brain injury,” his attorney
  

   Ravi Batra said.
 Guy Seth, who turned 52 on Saturday, suffered a “catastrophic, traumatic brain injury,” his attorney Ravi Batra said.

  Guy Seth and his 6-year-old daughter Zoey were crossing the street inside of the designated crosswalk at the intersection of Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole Road on Staten Island Jan. 9 when they were struck by a black truck, police said. Brian Zak/NY Post Guy Seth and his 6-year-old daughter Zoey were crossing the street inside of the designated crosswalk at the intersection of Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole Road on Staten Island Jan. 9 when they were struck by a black truck, police said. Brian Zak/NY Post

Batra said Seth, who earned nearly $300,000 a year before COVID as a waiter at the Waldorf Astoria and later worked for the city in maintenance, is now “virtually homebound” while Zoey “has a titanium plate in her head.”


  The family plans to sue the city for $101 million. Courtesy of Guy Seth The family plans to sue the city for $101 million. Courtesy of Guy Seth

  The notice of claim alleges the city Department of Transportation “negligently designed and created the dangerous intersection of Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole [Road] West. Courtesy of Guy Seth The notice of claim alleges the city Department of Transportation “negligently designed and created the dangerous intersection of Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole [Road] West. Courtesy of Guy Seth

The city’s Law Department declined to comment on the claim.

Leuzzi was arrested in January on a misdemeanor for not reporting the accident, cops said. He pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance.

That case is pending.

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