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.
Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 79 this year, 10 drivers charged*)
Fort Greene: Clara Heyworth, 28, Killed By Drunk Driver While Crossing the Street (The Local, Observer)
East Flatbush: Motorcylist Esan Wallerson, 39, Killed in Crash With Cadillac Driver; No Charges (Post Blotter)
Kew Gardens: Fight Over Double-Parked Car Ends in Fatal Shooting (Post)**
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
Downtown: Truck Driver Has Seizure, Crashes Into Two Vehicles, Post Office (DNAinfo)
Bronx: Corvette Driver Involved in Grand Concourse Crash Caught on Video Leaving the Scene (Animal NY)
S. Williamsburg: Oil Truck Driver Smashes Into Divider on BQE (NY Buff)
Wakefield: Woman Barely Survives Driving Off Bronx River Parkway Into River (CBS NY)
Midland Beach: Drunk Driver Leads 90 MPH Police Chase on Father Capodanno Boulevard (Post Blotter)
Willowbrook: Drunk Driver on Beer Run Crashes at Red Light, Drives Away and Parks Car (Post Blotter)
Midtown: Drunk Driver Critically Injures Girlfriend After Running Her Over, Fleeing Scene (News, DNAinfo)
Jamaica: Traffic Agent Attacked By Drivers for Issuing Summons (Post Blotter)
In the Region, Out of Town
Jersey City: Pedestrian Fatally Impaled on Fence in High-Speed Crash, Possibly a Drag Race (Gothamist)
North Plainfield, NJ: Cyclist Trapped Under Pickup Truck After Driver "Failed to See Her" (News)
Massapequa, NY: Dad Charged Under Leandra's Law After Driving High on Drugs With Kids in the Car (CBS NY)
Tour-de-France: France Télévisions Car Driver Ignores Orders to Pull Over, Clips Riders, Sending One Into Barbed Wire Fence (NYT)
Jakarta, Indonesia: Two Truck Drivers Crash Into Wedding Party Tent, Killing 16 and Injuring 13 (AP)
Glendale, CA: Woman Runs Down Ex-Boyfriend Twice in Parking Lot (News)
The governor expressed sympathy for the mothers who are holding a hunger strike to protest the Assembly’s inaction on Sammy’s Law — but she declined to condemn the body's leader, Speaker Carl Heastie.
City officials admitted on Wednesday that they have no plan to deal with pollution like the city is experiencing today — not even an emergency health protocol to require mandatory carpooling.