A pedestrian is dead, and a driver is in custody after crash on
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11:32 PM, updated January 27, 2014 at 4:31 AM  STATEN ISLAND,
N.Y. -- One man is dead, another in handcuffs and charged with
drunken driving after an SUV struck a pedestrian on a curved
stretch of road in South Beach Sunday night.  James Benedict,
67, of Dongan Hills, was walking along the bike lane of
Capodanno Boulevard where it becomes Lily Pond Avenue, on his
way to a parked car just behind his nephew and two young grand-
nephews at about 6:55 p.m. when tragedy struck. He had just
spent the day celebrating the 12th birthday of one of the grand-
nephews.  A 39-year-old man driving a Lexus SUV heading up
Capodanno Boulevard "(didn't) even try to make the turn" as he
approached Lily Pond, struck a parked vehicle, bounced off it,
and hit Benedict, a police source familiar with the
investigation said.  The two young boys had already gotten into
the family car, but Benedict's nephew, who wa