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.
Fatal Crashes (1 killed this week, 98 this year, 14 drivers charged*)
Corona: Twenty-Five-Year-Old Woman Killed By Minivan Driver While Crossing Corona Avenue; "No Criminality" (Post Blotter)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
Williamsburg Bridge: Four Vehicles Crash on Bridge; "Few Injuries" Reported (Bowery Boogie)
UWS: Speeding Lexus Driver Injures Two Pedestrians, One Critically; Flees Scene (Post)
South Ozone Park: Off-Duty Cop Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Parked Car (Post Blotter)
Brooklyn Bridge: Man Dragged 300 Feet After Confronting Driver Who Hit His SUV (Gothamist)
Port Richmond: Police Cruiser Hits Five-Year-Old Boy Walking to Soccer Practice (Post)
"In Stockholm, people really thought that congestion pricing would be the end of the world, the city will come to a standstill, no one would be able to get to work anymore and all the theaters and shops would just go bankrupt. None of that happened."