The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Fatal Crashes (5 Killed This Week; 132 This Year*)
UES: Woman, 58, Hit in Crosswalk by Turning Cab Driver; No Charges (Streetsblog)
LES: Shu Fan Huang, 82, Struck Along With Two Other Pedestrians, Dies From Injuries; NYPD, Media Say Victims Were Crossing Against the Light; No Charges (DNA,Lo-Down)
Jamaica: 53-Year-Old Man Struck Crossing Liberty Avenue; No Charges (NY1, TL, WABC)
Whitestone: 49-Year-Old Motorcyclist Thrown From Bike on Whitestone Expressway (Queens Courier)
Lincoln Tunnel: 1 Killed, 2 Injured When Speeding Driver Causes 3-Vehicle Collision (WCBS)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
Cobble Hill: Livery Cab Driver Jumps Atlantic Ave. Curb, Crushes Woman's Leg (DNA, Post, Bklyn Paper)**
East Harlem: Unlicensed Minivan Driver Critically Injures 66-Year-Old Woman (DNA, Post, News)
Norwood: Van Driver Hits 47-Year-Old Cyclist; "Driver Did Not Appear to Be at Fault" (Post Blotter)
Washington Heights: Teen Who Killed Ariel Russo Drags Cop During Traffic Stop (NYT, News, Post)
Flatiron District: Pedestrian Seriously Injured at Park Avenue and E. 23rd; CIS Requested (NYScanner)
Maspeth: MTA Bus Driver Strikes Elderly Man; No Charges (WNBC)
Parkchester: Pedestrian Struck at Cross Bronx Expressway and Rosedale Avenue (NYScanner)
Morningside Heights: Drivers Collide at 120th and Amsterdam; 1 Hospitalized (Spectator)
Brighton Heights: NYPD Cruiser and Driver Collide, Crashing Through House Fence (Advance)**
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge: Driver Arrested for DWI After Crashing Into Concrete Barrier (Post Blotter)
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.