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 (6 killed in the last two weeks, 124 this year, 9 drivers charged*)
Port Richmond: Margaret King, 81, Fatally Struck Crossing Street; Driver Issued Failure to Yield Summons (Advance)
Bushwick: Cyclist Terence Conor, 26, Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver (Gothamist)
Jamaica: Mary Gater, 60, Struck By 85-Year-Old Driver Who Mounted Sidewalk; "No Criminality Suspected" (Post Blotter)**
Midtown: Ken Baker, 26, Struck By Tractor-Trailer Driver Making Left Turn; "No Criminality Suspected" (Post)
Morningside Heights: Arnold Slater, 75, Killed in Hit-and-Run Crossing Broadway (DNA)
East Williamsburg: Carolina Berscakiewicz, 21, Killed After Boyfriend Slams Car Into Utility Pole; Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter (Post)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
Greenpoint: Wrong-Way Driver on BQE Leads Police Chase Before Crashing (Gothamist)
Bushwick: Bystanders Rescue Woman and Two Toddler Grandchildren Pinned By Driver (NBC NY, Post)**
Bed-Stuy: Three Injured in Ambulance-SUV Collision (DNA)
East Flatbush: School Bus Carrying 14 Children Crashes on Church Avenue (DNA)
Canarsie: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Slamming SUV Into House (DNA)**
Bayside: Eight Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Cross Island Parkway (Times Ledger)
LES: Driver Slams Into Bodega Following Police Chase (Gothamist)**
Tottenville: Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Home, Pinning Woman and Five-Year-Old Daughter in Kitchen (Advance)**
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