23-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Dies After Being Struck By Passing Train

Putnam County resident, Hope Mantovi, age 23, of Mahopac was struck around 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 19, in Woodlawn in the Bronx, said Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.

Mantovi died on Friday, April 8, at St. Barnabas Hospital from injuries incurred during the accident, her family announced.

"On behalf of my family and myself, we would like to thank everyone for their love, support, and prayers for our beautiful Hope," said Lisa Mantovi Brennan, Hope Mantovi’s aunt, on Facebook. "We have lost our beautiful girl and all of us will truly never be the same."

Mantovi, a Mahopac High School Class of ’17 graduate, was a student at the Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and planned on studying abroad at their school in France and Italy after being selected for the program for her high GPA, said Jonathan Schneider on GoFundMe.

Mantovi is survived by her mother Claudine Coletti, her father Joe Mantovi, the former owner of Mahopac Septic, and two stepsisters. In addition to numerous other family members.

In an online Facebook video, her mother said the family had decided to donate her organs and in return, she will save the lives of eight people and help more than 30 people with her bone and tissue.

"The prayers my daughter received from around the world were incredible," Coletti added. "Our daughter's name was Hope and that is exactly what she brought to the world."

Funeral arrangements have not been announced. 

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