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An off-duty FDNY EMT is clinging to life after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Staten Island Thursday afternoon, according to cops and fire officials.

The 29-year-old victim was getting into her Mazda parked outside her house on Locust Avenue in New Dorp around 12:30 p.m. when a black Chevy Impala heading south on North Railroad Avenue rammed into her, authorities and sources said.

The woman mounted the hood and windshield before falling down into the street, cops said.

She was taken to Staten Island University Hospital North and placed in a medically induced coma, sources said. She also suffered a broken jaw.

The Impala struck a parked, unoccupied Volvo before coming to a rest, authorities said.


  The 29-year-old off-duty EMT was getting into a car on Locust Avenue near North Railroad Avenue in New Dorp when she was struck, cops said. Citizen The 29-year-old off-duty EMT was getting into a car on Locust Avenue near North Railroad Avenue in New Dorp when she was struck, cops said. Citizen

The woman driving the car, identified as 31-year-old Nicole Marino, allegedly hopped into the passenger seat following the collision, but later admitted to police she was the one behind the wheel, sources said.

Marino was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, aggravated unlicensed operator, falsely reporting an incident and hindering prosecution, cops said.

She was also slapped with a grand larceny auto charge, and criminal possession of stolen property for allegedly taking her father’s car without his permission, police said.

Marino also faces a charge for possession of heroin, authorities said.

She has two prior arrests on aggravated unlicensed operator charges — one from April 5, 2019 and the other from Feb. 15 of that same year, cops said.

Both incidents took place in the confines of Staten Island’s 122 Precinct — the same precinct that covers the area where Thursday’s crash occurred, police said.

The FDNY confirmed that the victim is a member of their department and said she had “traumatic injuries” for which she is “receiving expert care from the hospital staff at this time.”

The department did not immediately release her name, “as there is an active police investigation.”

Oren Barzilay, president of EMS Local 2057, said the union is “pulling for our fellow EMT at this most difficult time and are hoping for the most optimal outcome. We are here and will stand together with her family as we work through this process.”

The victim’s mother is a communications technician for the city, according to police sources.

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