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.
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Fatal Crashes (6 killed in the last two weeks, 124 this year, 9 drivers charged*)
- Port Richmond: Margaret King, 81, Fatally Struck Crossing Street; Driver Issued Failure to Yield Summons (Advance)
- Bushwick: Cyclist Terence Conor, 26, Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver (Gothamist)
- Jamaica: Mary Gater, 60, Struck By 85-Year-Old Driver Who Mounted Sidewalk; "No Criminality Suspected" (Post Blotter)**
- Midtown: Ken Baker, 26, Struck By Tractor-Trailer Driver Making Left Turn; "No Criminality Suspected" (Post)
- Morningside Heights: Arnold Slater, 75, Killed in Hit-and-Run Crossing Broadway (DNA)
- East Williamsburg: Carolina Berscakiewicz, 21, Killed After Boyfriend Slams Car Into Utility Pole; Driver Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter (Post)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Greenpoint: Wrong-Way Driver on BQE Leads Police Chase Before Crashing (Gothamist)
- Bushwick: Bystanders Rescue Woman and Two Toddler Grandchildren Pinned By Driver (NBC NY, Post)**
- Bed-Stuy: Three Injured in Ambulance-SUV Collision (DNA)
- East Flatbush: School Bus Carrying 14 Children Crashes on Church Avenue (DNA)
- Canarsie: Elderly Driver Hospitalized After Slamming SUV Into House (DNA)**
- Bayside: Eight Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash on Cross Island Parkway (Times Ledger)
- LES: Driver Slams Into Bodega Following Police Chase (Gothamist)**
- Tottenville: Intoxicated Driver Crashes Into Home, Pinning Woman and Five-Year-Old Daughter in Kitchen (Advance)**
- Whitestone Bridge: Driver Speeding Through Toll Booth Causes Eight-Car Pile-Up, Injures Seven (Post)
- Kensington: Pedestrian Crossing Ocean Parkway Struck By Minivan Driver; "No Criminality Suspected" (DNA)
- Tompkinsville: Drunk Driver Crashes Minivan Into Two Vehicles, Injures Four (Post Blotter)
- Grasmere: Driver With Suspended License Swerves Across Median, Assaults Officer Who Pulled Her Over (Post Blotter)
- Sunset Park: Man Punched in Face in Parking Space Dispute (Post Blotter)
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In the Region, Out of Town
- Jackson, NJ: S.I. Teen Sisters Killed in Two-Car Crash En Route to High School Band Festival (Advance)
- Southern State Pkwy, NY: Four Queens Teens Killed Crashing Off Highway; Unlicensed Driver Only Survivor (News, Post)
- Bloomfield, NJ: Driver Whose High-Speed Crash Killed 16-Year-Old Passenger Charged With Vehicular Homicide (NBC NY)
- Syosset, NY: School Bus Driver Carrying Five Children Charged With DWI After Crashing Into House (Post)
Following Up
- Hit-and Run Driver Who Mowed Down S.I. Grandmother in April Indicted for Criminally Negligent Homicide, Leaving Scene (Advance)
- Following Death of Cyclist Alexander Martinez, Renewed Call for Safety Improvements on Queens Blvd. (DNA)
- DOT Adds Traffic Light at S.I. Intersection Where Cyclist Ronald Tillman Was Killed (Advance)
- Neighbors of Hit-and-Run Victim Terence Connor Want Safety Fixes for Cyclists on Metropolitan Ave. (Bklyn Paper)
- Judge: NYPD “Needlessly Delayed” Giving Lefevre Crash Documents to Family (Times, Gothamist)
*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway