Two young pedestrians in Greece NY were hit by a vehicle on Halloween night. Tayvier Granderson, age 3, and Nicole Moore, age 16, were crossing Latta Road when a minivan heading westbound on the two-lane road hit both of them just after 9:40PM. The accident scene is approximately a half-mile east of Dewey Avenue in the town of Greece, a suburb of Rochester.

“The driver of the [minivan] couldn’t see the kids and the kids couldn’t see the [minivan],” Greece Police Chief Patrick Phelan said during a press conference held Saturday. “It’s just a horrible tragedy, that’s all there is to it.”
Granderson died on the scene shortly after the accident, and Moore was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is reportedly in stable condition after being taken to Strong Memorial Hospital.

The pair were holding hands, followed closely by Granderson’s mother and one-year-old brother. Although Moore is not directly related to the Grandersons, she is considered part of the extended family.

Joanne Granderson, Tayvier’s grandmother, said that he was simply excited to go trick-or-treating in his Spider-Man costume. “When [his mother] let him put his costume on, he didn’t want to take it off,” she reminisced.
Halloween Dangers

Car crashes are a fairly common cause of death in the United States, with approximately 25,580 fatal accidents in the U.S. during 2012, according to Statistic Brain.

But Halloween is a particularly dangerous night, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is generally attributed to the combination of greater alcohol consumption by drivers, more pedestrians out late at night and children who are less than cautious due to holiday excitement.

Twice as many pedestrians are killed on Halloween than on other days, according the NHTSA.

Police say that it has not yet been determined whether alcohol or bad weather played a part in the accident.
The identity of the 77-year-old minivan driver has not yet been released to the public. Police say he is cooperating with the investigation.

A blood sample was taken, but Phelan said that any obvious signs of intoxication would have led to the driver being charged immediately on Friday night.

“It certainly is the worst scenario that we could’ve imagined for Halloween,” said Greece Police Sgt. Jared Rene.