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The Weekly Carnage

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.

By Summer Greenstein

12:17 PM EDT on May 27, 2011

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 U-Haul driver crashed into a building after an initial collision with an ambulance in Prospect Heights. Photo: ##http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/u-haul-collides-with-ambulance-hits-4-cars-then-a-building#photo-6193300##Prospect Heights Patch##

Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 64 this year, 7 drivers charged*)

Manhattan: Marine Steve Jorgenson, 22, Killed Crossing West Side Highway on His First Night in NYC for Fleet Week; No Charges (News, NY1)
Woodside: Drunk Driver Strikes Shenyu Chin, 62, Walking Across Roosevelt Avenue (Sunnyside Post)

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

UWS: Three Injured in Taxi-Ambulance Collision (DNAinfo)
UWS: Taxi Driver Slams Into Bus on Central Park West; Three Injured (Gothamist)
Forest Hills: SUV Driver Smashes Into Rite Aid, Injures Two Cashiers (Post)
Far Rockaway: Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Leaves Teen in Critical Condition (Post)
Prospect Heights: Collision With Ambulance Sends U-Haul Driver Crashing Into Parked Cars, Building (Prospect Heights Patch)
Bensonhurst: Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Pedestrian (Post)
East Village: Children Hurt After Their School Bus Driver Goes Over a Speed Bump Too Fast (DNAinfo)
East New York: Driver Tries Running Scooter Cop Off the Road, Arrested for Reckless Driving (Post Blotter)

In the Region, Out of Town

Syracuse, NY: Driver in Fatal Head-On Road Rage Crash Sentenced to Prison (WSJ)
Riverhead, NY: Cop Pulls Driver From Burning Car Following Police Chase Crash (NBC NY)
Lakehurst, NJ: Rear-End Crash Sends Staten Island Man to Hospital (Asbury Park Press)
Lakewood, NJ: Teen Dies from Injuries After Being Trapped by Overturned Bus (AP)

Following Up

Queens Driver Whose DWI Crash Killed a Teen and a Toddler Sentenced to Prison (Your Nabe)
Cop-Chase Victim Paralyzed in Crash Awarded $2.5 Million (News)
Cop Called to Testify in Bronx Prosecutor DWI Case Admits to Ticket Fixing (News)