The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence 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 (2 killed this week, 55 this year, 5 drivers charged*)
- Borough Park: Truck Driver Attempts to Flee Scene After Killing Delivery Cyclist Luis Torres, 22; Charges Pending (News)
- Mott Haven: Luis Morales, 18, Fatally Crashes Motorcycle Into FedEx Truck (Post Blotter)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Cross Bronx Expressway/Manhattan Bridge: At Least 10 Injured in Separate Multiple-Vehicle Crashes (Gothamist)
- Sunset Park: Off-Duty NYPD Detective Caught Passed Out in Car, Arrested for Drunk Driving (Post)
- Hell’s Kitchen: Passenger Injured After Driver Crashes Into Dump Truck on 10th Avenue (DNAinfo)
- New Dorp, SI: Emergency Officials Respond to Crash that Leaves Car on Doctor’s Office Lawn (Advance)
- Harlem: Six Injured, One Possibly Ejected From Car, in Crash on Harlem River Drive (DNAinfo)
- Midtown East: Drunk Driver Jumps Curb, Smashes Into Restaurant Window (Post Blotter)
- Staten Island: Two Drivers, One Doing 100 MPH, Arrested in Separate Drunk Driving Incidents (Post Blotter)
- Upper East Side: Car Fire Erupts on FDR Drive (DNAinfo)
In the Region, Out of Town
- Smithtown, NY: SUV Driver Hits Two Children Walking at Site of Deadly 2009 Crash (CBS)
- Montclair, NJ: School Bus Driver Arrested for DWI En Route to Pick Up Kids (NBC NY)
- Central NJ: Nine-Vehicle Crash Causes 13-Mile Backup on NJ Turnpike (Star Ledger)
- Levittown, NY: Drunk Driver Kills Two in Wantagh State Parkway Crash (MyFoxNY)
Following Up
- SI Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for 2009 Crash (Advance)
- NFL Player Chris Simms Acquitted on Drugged Driving Charge (News)
- SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Mowed Down Elderly Couple in 2009 Sentenced (Advance)
- Bronx Prosecutor With Disappeared DWI Still Assigned to Ticket Fixing Cases (News)
Other News
- NY Senate Passes Bill That Would Let Police Pull Over Drivers for Texting (News)
- Latest Distracted Driving PSA Assumes People Know Multitasking While Driving is Dangerous (Bits)
- Car Manufacturers Explore Technology to Make Driver Attentiveness Optional (NY1)
- Related: Can Driver Inattention Be Explained by Difficulty Homeostasis? (How We Drive)
- Major League Baseball Wants Policy to Allow Discipline, Suspension of Players for Alcohol Offenses (News)
*Fatalities within the five boroughs. Information based on latest available reports.