Prominent NYC doctor cuts no-jail plea deal for $300 fine in hit-and-run case where he mowed down a dad, 6-year-old daughter

A prominent Staten Island pediatrician accused of mowing down a dad and his 6-year-old daughter before leaving the scene of a January crash paid a $300 fine to make it all go away.Dr.

Sam Leuzzi, 66, of Middletown, N.J., cut a plea deal with the Staten Island District Attorney’s office this month where he receives no prison time — just a fine and community service, court records show.But the pain lingers for Guy Seth and daughter Zoey, who both suffered traumatic brain injuries, and Malgorzata (Gosia) Seth, the wife and mom who became their caretaker.“Dr.Leuzzi destroyed our life on January 9th.

We wish we could pay $300 to someone and get our life back!” Guy Seth fumed to The Post.Leuzzi drove his black GMC truck into Seth and Zoey, who was sitting on her dad’s shoulders while crossing the busy corner of Arthur Kill and Drumgoole roads in Greenridge with the family Yorkie around 5:10 p.m., police said.

They were in the crosswalk.“I would love to know why he [Leuzzi] left the scene of the accident.It just boggles my mind,” said Seth, 52, a former NYPD maintenance worker who still suffers from chronic headaches, double vision, facial numbness and “severe hearing loss” in his left ear.

The crash “permanently harmed my family, resulting in severe physical and psychological damage,” the devastated dad noted during his impact statement at Leuzzi’s Nov.13 sentencing.The little girl fractured her skull, requiring surgery and a titanium plate, and the father suffered a “catastrophic, traumatic brain injury,” said family attorney Ravi Batra, who in September filed a notice of claim that he is planning to sue the city Department of Transportation for $101 million.

Leuzzi was arrested the day after the crash and charged with leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it, a misdemeanor, according to the criminal complaint.“I was driving.I was turning left and I struck a pedestrian, an adult, and child,” the pediatrician later tol...