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.
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- East Harlem: Driver Hits Pedestrian at E. 120th Street, Victim in Critical Condition (DNAinfo)
- Midtown: Drunk Driver Hits Delivery Cyclist, Flees Scene, Charged With Vehic Assault (News, Post 1, 2, DNAinfo)
- Crown Heights: Marine's SUV Incinerated in Manhole Explosion (News, Post)
- Parkchester: Man Crashes Van, Charged with Driving Under the Influence (Post Blotter)
- Staten Island: Two Drivers Caught Sleeping at the Wheel Among Five Charged With DWI (Advance)
- Lower Manhattan: Off-Duty Firefighter Arrested for Drunk Driving (DNAinfo)
- Manhattan: Woman Threatened by Driver Throws Herself from Speeding Cab: Lawsuit (News, Post)
- Queens: On-Duty TEA Driving Drunk in Sunnyside; SI: Two Arrested for Drunk Driving (Post Blotter)
- Bay Ridge: Driver Assaulted by Double-Parker After Honking (Brooklyn Paper Blotter)
- Bronx: Two Girls Left in Idling Car Collapse from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (NYT)
- Upper East Side: Three Cabs Catch Fire, One Explodes (Post)
- Staten Island: Drug Suspect Hits Cop With Car in Shopping Plaza Parking Lot (Post)
In the Region, Out of Town
- Bronx Truck Driver Arrested in Fatal Hit-and-Run Outside Philadelphia (Post)
- SI Tour Bus Drivers Charged with Driving Drunk While Dropping Students at Vermont Ski Resort (AP)
- Stamford, CT: School Bus Bursts into Flames; No Injuries (Advocate)
- Hamilton, NJ: Pickup Truck Driver Hits 13-Year-Old Girl, Flees Scene (Times of Trenton)
- Pine Beach, NJ: Driver, Two Passengers Killed After Crashing Into Elementary School (ABC, NJ Ledger)
- Weehawken, NJ: Four Injured in Multi-Car Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel (ABC Local)
- Chatham, NJ: Driver Runs Red Light, Crashes BMW; Issued Summons for Careless Driving (Indy Press)
- Milford, NJ: Driver Critically Injured after Car Hits Snowbank and Flips (Star-Ledger)
Following Up
- DA Vance Explains Vehicular Manslaughter Investigation, Limits of New Vulnerable User Laws (Streetsblog)
- Woman Who Fatally Doored Jasmine Herron Indicted for Leaving the Scene (Post, News)
- Bronx Jury Convicts Driver for Fatal Shooting Over Minor Car Crash (News)
- LIC Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty to Felony Manslaughter (YourNabe)
