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.
Cyclist Luis Torres was killed in a hit-and-run on Fort Hamilton Parkway. The driver was later apprehended by police. Photo: ##http://www.vosizneias.com/83179/2011/05/06/brooklyn-ny-delivery-man-at-amnon-kosher-pizza-dies-in-hit-and-run-accident-in-borough-park##Vos Iz Neias##
Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 55 this year, 5 drivers charged*)
Borough Park: Truck Driver Attempts to Flee Scene After Killing Delivery Cyclist Luis Torres, 22; Charges Pending (News)
Mott Haven: Luis Morales, 18, Fatally Crashes Motorcycle Into FedEx Truck (Post Blotter)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
Cross Bronx Expressway/Manhattan Bridge: At Least 10 Injured in Separate Multiple-Vehicle Crashes (Gothamist)
Sunset Park: Off-Duty NYPD Detective Caught Passed Out in Car, Arrested for Drunk Driving (Post)
Hell's Kitchen: Passenger Injured After Driver Crashes Into Dump Truck on 10th Avenue (DNAinfo)
New Dorp, SI: Emergency Officials Respond to Crash that Leaves Car on Doctor's Office Lawn (Advance)
Harlem: Six Injured, One Possibly Ejected From Car, in Crash on Harlem River Drive (DNAinfo)
A petition drive by Bronx bus riders calls out the institutions for boosting transit on their websites, but then trying to undermine it in the real world.
Kareem found out the hard way that his Craigslist gig delivering temp tags was illegal. Now he's exposing the operation that employed him, revealing clues about his anonymous bosses that all trace back to the same place.
ALBANY — “They are putting every barrier in our way to not have to face us directly and look us in the eye and then make an unconscionable decision. This is Albany at its worst,” said Amy Cohen.