NEW YORK (AP) — A 19-year-old amateur boxer is fighting for his life following a New York City traffic accident that killed his sister.
Pedro Luis Sosa was in critical condition in a coma at Jacobi Medical Center. His sister, 21-year-old Jennifer Sosa, was killed in the accident early Sunday on the Cross Bronx Expressway.
The two had stopped after getting into a traffic accident at about 5:45 a.m. They got out of their car to inspect the damage when they were hit by another car. The impact sent them over a concrete barrier.
Joe Zanders, the USA Boxing national coach, said Sosa narrowly missed making the U.S. Olympic team that will compete in the 2012 Games in London next summer.
He says Sosa has the talent to be a future champion.
