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 (4 Killed This Week, 20 This Year; 0 Drivers Charged*)
- Brownsville: Kenneth Cole, 44, Killed by SUV Driver on Linden Boulevard; “No Criminality Suspected” (DNA, @NYScanner)
- UES: Richard Griffin, 85, Struck By SUV Driver Crossing York Ave.; “No Criminality” (Post, Streetsblog)
- East Flatbush: Gerald Green, 52, Hit By SUV Driver Crossing Linden Blvd.; No Charges Expected (News, Streetsblog)
- Harlem: 35-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck By Cab Driver; No Charges Expected (News, Streetsblog)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Bushwick: Pedestrian Struck, Pinned By Bus (@NYScanner)
- Bensonhurst: Pedestrian Suffers Severe Head Trauma After Driver Slams Into Her (News)
- Theater District: Woman Struck, Injured By Driver While Waiting at Intersection (DNA)
- Williamsburg: School Bus Driver Carrying 30 Kids Crashes Into Pole; No Injuries (DNA)
- UES: Five Injured in MTA Bus-Car Crash After Driver Suffers “Medical Episode” (DNA)
- Cambria Heights: Elderly Man Critical After Being Pinned Under Vehicle (DNA)
- Jamaica: Driver Hospitalized After Colliding With MTA Bus (DNA)
- Murray Hill: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured By Truck Driver (@NYScanner)
- Midland Beach: Van Driver Overturns Vehicle on Father Capodanno Blvd. (Advance)
- Woodhaven: Off-Duty Traffic Enforcement Agent Busted for DWI (Post Blotter)
- Great Kills: Driver Speeding Wrong-Way Down Street Smashes Into Two Cars, Leaves Scene (Post Blotter)
- Washington Heights: Off-Duty Sanitation Worker Charged With DWI, Refusing Breathalyzer (Post Blotter)
- Great Kills: Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes SUV Into Parked Car, Refuses Breathalyzer (Post Blotter)
In the Region, Out of Town
- North Merrick, NY: Two Passengers Killed, Three Critically Injured After Driver Careens Off LI Parkway, Crashes Into Tree (News)
- Detroit, MI: Two Children, One Adult Killed, 13 Injured in Mile-Long Chain-Reaction Highway Crash (News)
- Carmel, NY: Judge Pleads Guilty to Second DWI Charge in Three Years (LoHud)
- Yonkers, NY: Driver Whose DWI Crash Killed 16-Year-Old Girl Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter (LoHud)
- Lawrence, NJ: Driver Suffers Head Injuries After Car Crashes, Splits in Two (Times of Trenton)
Other News
- NYPD: 15,465 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 155 Killed in Traffic in 2012 (Streetsblog)
- A Year Later, How’s James Vacca Doing on His Pledge to Protect Pedestrians? (Streetsblog)
- NYPD: Bus Driver Who Ran Woman Over Did Nothing Wrong (Streetsblog)
*Based on latest available reports