Officer Succumbs To Injuries From Verrazano Accident

The Bridge and Tunnel officer who was struck by a car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge last year died of his injuries yesterday morning, the MTA has announced.

Officer Thomas Choi was removing orange barrels stopping traffic for weekend construction on October 21, 2013 when he was run over by a 26-year-old female driver from Bayonne, N.J. The driver remained on the scene and was not charged.

Choi was initially treated at Staten Island University Hospital and later transferred for long-term care to Seaview Rehabilitation Center. Officer Choi was recently transferred back to Staten Island University Hospital where he passed away yesterday. He never regained consciousness.

“Officer Choi dedicated himself to serving and protecting everyone who travels the bridges and tunnels that unite New York, and all of us at theMTA join in mourning him,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas F. Prendergast. “We send our deepest condolences to his family.”

“The entire MTA Bridges and Tunnels family is deeply saddened by the loss of Officer Choi,” added MTA Bridges and Tunnels President James Ferrara. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and all of his colleagues who have worked with him. He was genuinely liked by all who knew him.”

Officer Choi is the first Bridge and Tunnel Officer to die in the line of duty in the 81-year history of MTA Bridges and Tunnels.

He is survived by two grown children, a daughter, Tiffany, and a son, Timothy.