The Weekly Carnage

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; 181 This Year*)

• Glen Oaks: Edmund Chou, 79, Pedestrian; NYPD: Victim Was Jaywalking; No Charges (News, Post)
• East New York: Melvina Hibbert, 76, Pedestrian; NYPD: Victim Jaywalking; No Charges (News, News 12)
• Morris Heights: Francine Feathler, 55, Struck on Major Deegan Expressway (Post Blotter)
• Laurelton: Kevin Lewis, 20, Struck on Sidewalk; Driver Charged With Murder (DNA, News)**
• Pelham Bay: 17-Year-Old Girl Ejected From Car on Hutchinson River Parkway (News)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Claremont Village: MTA Bus Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian (DNA)
• Union Square: Woman Hit by Two Drivers Outside Whole Foods (DNA)
• Ditmas Park: NYPD School Safety Van Driver Strikes, Seriously Injures 13-Year-Old Boy (News)
• East Elmhurst: Three Injured After Rear-Ending Tractor Trailer (News)
• UWS: Three Injured When Livery Cab Driver Flips in Crash With Yellow Cab in Columbus Circle (DNA)
• Parkchester: Woman Thrown From Car Following Collision With MTA Bus (Post Blotter)
• Lower Manhattan: One Injured When Tour Bus Driver Slams Into Scaffolding (WCBS)**
• Gramercy: NYPD Traffic Agent Chases Driver Who Hit Him, Fled Scene (News)
• Marine Park: Off-Duty Cop Arrested for DWI (Bklyn Daily)
• Kips Bay: Wrong-Way Driver Critically Injured in Three-Vehicle Collision on FDR Drive (DNA)
• Charleston: Driver With Two Times Legal BAC Charged With DWI After Two-Car Crash (Advance)

* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway