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 (4 killed this week, 128 this year, 19 drivers charged*)

• Upper East Side: Tow Truck Driver Hits 86-Year-Old Woman Crossing the Street; Investigation Ongoing (DNAinfo, Streetsblog)
• Morrisania: Ronald Simpson, 43, Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash; Livery Cab Driver Sought by Police (NY1)
• Hell's Kitchen: 48-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed in Crash with Cab (DNAinfo)
• SI Expressway: Rabindra Sawh, 45, Killed, Five Injured After Their SUV Flips; Driver Charged With Reckless Assault (Post, Advance)

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

• Mount Hope: Man's Leg Pinned Between Two Vehicles After Van Driver Strikes His Car (Post Blotter)
• Fort Greene: Two Cars Crash in Front of Church, One Driver Jumps Curb (Fort Greene Patch)
• Claremont: Driver Tries Running Down Cop After Being Told He Couldn't Park in a Lot (Post Blotter)
• East Tremont: Off-Duty MTA Bus Driver Admits to Drinking When Pulled Over by Police (Post Blotter)

In the Region, Out of Town

• Norwalk, NY: LI Man Killed After Driving Off Road, Crashing Into Telephone Pole (The Hour)
• Manchester, NJ: Three Killed, Four Injured in Three-Vehicle Crash (AP)
• Huntington, NY: Drunk Man Caught Driving Car With Three Tires, 2-Year-Old Son in the Backseat (News)
• Riverdale, NJ: Five Injured After Dump Truck Driver Collides with Eight Vehicles (AP)
• Bristol, IN: Seven Killed in Tractor-Trailer Collsion with Minivan (Fox)
• Gillette, WO: Drunk Dad Arrested After Forcing 9-Year-Old Son to Drive His Van (News)

Following Up

• No Charges Against Driver Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre; NYPD Fails to Release Information About Crash (Streetsblog, Gothamist)
• Related: Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Crash Now Legal in New York City (Streetsblog)
• Jury Finds Driver Not Guilty of Homicide in 2010 Fatal Bike Crash, Sentences Him to Ten Days Jail (Streetsblog, Post)
• Hit-and-Run Driver in Fatal SI Crash Sentenced to Three to Nine Years (Advance)
• Police Identify, Seek Driver Who Killed Cab Passenger in Wrong-Way LI Expressway Crash (Queens Courier)

Other News

• DOT Installs Pedestrian Safety Improvements at Notorious Upper West Side Intersection (West Side Rag)
• Crash Victim Sues Car Rental Company for Giving Vehicle to 90-Year-Old Without New Vision Test (Post)
• Dangerous Flushing and Jamaica Streets Get Safer, But Electeds Want to Go Further (News)

* Based on latest available reports