Anthony Priolo, a former Stony Brook University student who was a member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Delta Theta Chapter, died early Tuesday morning. He was 21 years old.
Priolo died after doctors were unable to stop internal bleeding he received as a result of a car crash late Monday night, a report in the Staten Island Advance said.
Priolo left Stony Brook University and transferred to the College of Staten Island, where he was studying computer science. During his time at Stony Brook, Priolo was a part of the North American Interfraternity Conference, headquartered in Indianapolis.
The collision occurred shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Monday, according to the Advance’s article. Priolo was driving a Mercury Grand Marquis down Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, when he was struck by a GMC Yukon at 90 miles per hour.
According to the article, police identified the driver of the Yukon as Tarike Sylvester, a resident of Williamsville, N.Y. Sylvester, who was traveling northbound on Utica, had swerved into the southbound lane and hit Priolo’s vehicle in a head-on collision.
John Dianora, a passenger in Priolo’s car, was not hurt.
Priolo was a bassist in a heavy metal band, “This Dying Soul,” of which Dianora is the drummer. The two were heading back to Staten Island from band practice earlier that evening, Dianora told the Advance.
“I saw the white car; it kind of jerked a little bit but I didn’t think anything of it,” he said in the Advance’s report. “I was going to say something, but before I knew it, I just saw sky…I looked over and he was just slumped over the seat.”
The Staten Island Advance reported that the funeral will be held Friday, April 11, at the Colonial Funeral Home, New Dorp, with a service at 9:45 a.m. in the Holy Family R.C. Church, Westerleigh.
“Rest in peace brother,” wrote Evan Capelli, a junior at Stony Brook, on Priolo’s Facebook profile. “You won’t ever be forgotten.”