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 (1 Killed This Week, 10 This Year; 0 Drivers Charged*)
- Ridgewood: Puran Thapa, 7, Killed by SUV Driver; “No Criminality Suspected” (Streetsblog, Post 1, 2; DNA)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Bushwick: Cyclist Critically Injured By Hit-and-Run Driver (News, Gothamist)
- Brooklyn Heights: Driver Leaves Pedestrian in Critical Condition After Pinning Him Against Wall (DNA, BHB, NBC)
- Harlem: Pedestrian Struck, Injured by Driver; NYPD AIS Notified (@NYScanner)
- Forest Hills: Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested for DWI, Leaving the Scene (TimesLedger)
- Williamsburg Bridge: Car Flips in Three-Vehicle Crash (Animal NY)
- Flushing: Driver Hits Pedestrian, Cops Tell Pedestrians to Use Crosswalks (TimesLedger)
- South Bronx/Brooklyn: Cops Lift Cab Off Pedestrian; SUV Driver Jumps Curb, Hits Woman Waiting at Bus Stop** (Post)
- Bed-Stuy: Driver Hits Cyclist, Punches Him, Flees; Charged With Assault and Leaving the Scene (Post)
- Glen Oaks: SUV Driver Hits Pedestrian, 87, Kills His Dog; Driver: “They Came Out of Nowhere” (Post)
- East Flatbush: Three Drivers Flee Scene After Injuring Allegedly Drunk Pedestrian on Nostrand Avenue (Post)
- West Farms: School Bus Carrying at Least a Dozen Students Rear-Ended (DNA)
- Williamsburg: Driver Attempts to Run Down Traffic Agent Who Issued Him a Summons (Post Blotter)
- Castleton Corners: Drunk Driver With Suspended License Speeds Wrong Way Before Slamming Into Police Cruiser (Post Blotter)
- Travis: Driver Arrested in Early January for DWI Busted Again (Post Blotter)
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In the Region, Out of Town
- Somerset , NJ: Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide in Head-On Crash; May Have Been Drinking (NJ.com)
- Yonkers/New Rochelle, NY: In Separate Incidents, Two Wrong-Way Drivers on Highway Stopped by Police (LoHud)
- Schroon, NY: West Nyack Driver Sentenced to Up to Four Years for Leaving Scene of Fatal Crash (LoHud)
- Huntington, NY: LI Drunk Driver Who Crashed Parents' Car Into Home Sentenced to One-and-Half Years; Lawyer Blames "Hipster Girlfriend" (Post)
- Cantonment, FL: Dog Kills Man After Hitting Accelerator, Causing Van to Run Him Over (News)
Other News
- Safety Fixes Near NYC Schools Reduced Kids’ Traffic Injuries By a Third (Streetsblog)
- Staten Island Campaign Distributing Yard Signs Reminding Drivers to Slow Down (Advance)
- New York AAA Guy: If Drivers Broke the Law, There’d Be Carnage (Streetsblog)
- Tennessee Safety Officials Call 1,019 Traffic Fatalities -- Up 9 Percent from 2011 -- "Unacceptable" (Tennessean)
*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway