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 .
A livery cab driver crashed into a department store in the Bronx, killing 1 and injuring 6. Photo:##http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/21/2011-04-21_livery_cab_spins_out_of_control_crashes_into_bronx_storefront_killing_woman_61.html##News## Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 50 this year, 5 drivers charged*) Bronx: 61-Year-Old Woman Killed, Six Injured After Livery Cab Driver Crashes Through Storefront (Post , News ) Staten Island: Kenneth Cascio, 42, Fatally Crashes Scooter Into Minivan (Advance ) Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage Upper West Side: Food Delivery Cyclist Struck By Jeep Driver (DNAinfo ) Brooklyn Heights: Driver Crashes Into Promenade (Bklyn Paper ) Bushwick: Drunk Sanitation Worker Smashes Garbage Truck Into Oncoming Vehicle (News ) Staten Island: Driver Pinned in Wreckage of Staten Island Expressway Crash (Advance ) East Elmhurst: Hit-and-Run Driver Sends 16-Year-Old Pedestrian to Hospital (Post Blotter ) Park Slope: Four Pedestrians Hospitalized After SUV Driver Jumps Curb, Slams Into Crowd (Bklyn Paper , News ) Four-Car Crash in Holland Tunnel Injures Five (Post ) Kenneth Cascio was killed when he crashed his scooter into a minivan on Staten Island. Photo:##http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2011/04/staten_island_man_42_killed_in.html##Advance## In the Region, Out of Town Cherry Hill, NJ: NYC Woman Killed, CT Man Seriously Injured in Collision on NJ Turnpike (Courier Post ) Riverhead, NY: One Killed, Several Injured After Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into School Bus (WPIX ) Bellmore, NY: LI Cop Fatally Strikes 63-Year-Old Pedestrian (CBS Local , Post ) Elizabeth, NJ: 10-Year-Old Boy in Critical Condition After "Hitting" Moving Car (Star Ledger ) Cleveland: Four Hospitalized After Driver Plows Car Into Crowd at McDonald's Hiring Event (News ) Atlanta: 16-Year-Old Driver Faces Homicide Charges for Crash that Killed His Mother (News ) Danielson, CT: Drunk Driver Arrested Twice in One Night (Post ) Following Up Driver Who Killed Two LI Teens in Red Light-Running Crash Offered Plea Deal (NBC NY ) Former Yankees and Mets Pitcher Dwight Gooden Receives Five Years Probation for DUI in Hackensack (New Milford Patch ) 76-year-old Bronx Man Fatally Struck By City Bus in February Identified (Wired PR News ) Other News New Countdown Clocks Along Queens Blvd. Will Tell Peds How Much Time Remains Before "10 Lanes of Traffic Roar Into Action" (YourNabe ) Manhattan Beach Group Threatens Protest Against Traffic-Calming Bike Lane in Name of Safety (Courier-Life ) Lefferts Gardens Residents to City: Fix the Dangerous Intersection of Parkside and Ocean (Bklyn Paper ) Bloomberg Administration Abandons Crash Tax Proposal (City Room ) NJ Transportation Commissioner Considers Lifting Truck Ban on Garden State Parkway (CBS Local ) NJ Senator Introduces Legislation to Protect Evidence in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crashes (News of Cumberland Co. ) *Fatalities within the five boroughs. Information based on latest available reports.