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.
St. Albans: "Obsessed" Car Owner Kills Would-Be Thief; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post 1, 2)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
Englewood, NJ: City TV Reporter Filing Toyota Story Hit Crossing Street (News)
Mariners Harbor: Suspected Thieves Crash Car During Police Pursuit (Advance)
SI: Five Arrested for DWI Last Weekend; 1 in Crash, 1 With 14 License Suspensions (Advance)
Great Kills: Sanitation Crew Hits SUV, Leaves Scene (Advance)
St. Albans: Woman Arraigned for Claiming Car Was Stolen After Attempted Hit-and-Run (YN)
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
Sixty people died in the first three months of the year, 50 percent more than the first quarter of 2018, which was the safest opening three months of any Vision Zero year.