The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
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Fatal Crashes (1 Killed This Week, 51 This Year, 8 Drivers Charged*)
- Ozone Park: Consuela Sanchez, 81, Struck and Killed by Q10 Bus Driver at Lefferts and Rockaway Boulevards; No Charges Filed (News, Post)
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Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Union Square: Cyclist Hit, Seriously Injured by Driver of Express Bus (Gothamist)
- Upper West Side: Elderly Pedestrian Hurt When Livery Driver Jumps Curb (Streetsblog)
- Canarsie: 6 Reported Injured, 3 Seriously, in City Bus Crash (WCBS)
- Brooklyn: Cyclist Seriously Hurt in May 3 Crash (Bike Blog NYC)
- SI: 100 MPH NYPD Chase Ends With Jeep Resting on Lawn, 1 of 9 DWI Arrests (Advance)
- SI: Man Trying to Torch Wife’s SUV Burns Bystander (Post Blotter)
- St. Albans: Man Racing BMW Crashes Into Second Car, Seriously Injuring 1 (YourNabe)
- Castleton Corners: Collision Leaves School Bus Overturned; No Kids Inside (Advance)
- Arden Hills: Speeding Driver Crashes Through Fence, Hits Parked Tractor-Trailer (Advance)
- Tompkinsville: 3 Hurt When Driver Hits Gas Station (Advance)
- Fort Wadsworth: Drunk Driver Plows Into SUV, Injuring 4 (Post Blotter)
- Crown Heights: Teen Drives Stolen Car Onto Sidewalk (Post)
- SI: Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway Crash Injures 1 (Advance)
- Dongan Hills: Hylan Blvd Near-Collision Sends Driver Into Utility Pole (Advance)
- Dongan Hills: Partially Clothed Woman Almost Hits Cop Car, Charged With DWI (Post Blotter)
- Grant City: Reporter Happens on Scene of Two-Car Crash, Wonders Where Cops Are (Advance)
Following Up
- Midwood: Eight-Year-Old Boy Hit on His Way to School Expected to Recover (WINS, News, Post)
- Astoria: Unknown Pedestrian Killed in November 2009 Identified as Konstantinos Stayropoulos (YN)
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In the Region, Out of Town
- West Babylon: Wife Dumps Husband From Hood of Moving Truck, Fracturing His Skull (Post, WINS)
- Irving, NY: Woman Assaults Sleeping Driver, Tries to Push Parked Car Off Cliff (AP)
- Lakewood, NJ: Off-Duty Cop Killed in Hit-and-Run Motorcycle Collision (WINS)
- Edison, NJ: 17 Hurt in School Bus Crash (WCBS)
- Authorities Helpless to Stop Meadowlands Pedestrian Casualties (NNJ.com, WINS)
- Australian Father Keeps Baby From Harm’s Way as He’s Hit by Elderly Driver (News)
Other News
- New York Entrepreneur Develops WiFi-Equipped Breathalyzer (Reuters)
- City Garbage Trucks Have Injured 294 People in the Last Three Years (Post)
- Crossing Guards Hired to "Manage" Peds Endangered by West Street Traffic (Tri Trib)
- Hyundai OK Ridiculing Dangerous Teen Drivers, But What About Seniors? (538)
- USA Today Debates With Itself Over Traffic Camera Safety
- Cameras That Prevent Crashes: Bad; Cams That Help Motorists After Crashes: Good (SPTimes)
- Australian Researchers Laud Breath Tests for Pedestrians (Freakonomics)
- Car Karaoke App? That Lets Drivers Listen to One Another? Why the Hell Not? (Wheels)
* Based on latest available reports