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.
1:02 PM EDT on April 19, 2013
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 (1 Killed This Week, 63 This Year; 3 Drivers Charged*)
- Queens Village: Kaman Drummond, 26, Chased Down by Woman in Car Following Dispute; Driver Charged With Murder (DNA, Gothamist)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- East Village: 50-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured at Houston and Avenue C (DNA)
- Fordham Heights: Hit-and-Run Driver Runs Down Man on Grand Concourse (Post Blotter)
- Kips Bay: Two-Car Collision Sends Vehicle Into Duane Reade Storefront; Two Injured (Streetsblog)**
- UES: 13 Injured in Pile-Up Involving School Bus (DNA)
- Midtown: 88-Year-Old Crashes Into SUV, Scaffolding; Driver Charged With Assault (Post 1, 2)**
- Midtown: Speeding Driver Hits Pedestrian, Crane Carrying Sculpture Before Fleeing on Foot (Post)
- Parkchester: Crash Leaves Victim Pinned in Car (@NYScanner)
- Arrochar: Drunk, Unlicensed Driver Leads Police Chase, Rams Cruiser, Jumps Curb (Post Blotter)**
- Times Sq.: NYPD Cruiser Collision Leaves Officers Injured (@NYScanner)
- Staten Island: Two Drivers Face DWI Charges in Separate Incidents (Advance)
- Park Slope: Off-Duty City Employee Busted for Driving While Impaired (Post Blotter)
In the Region, Out of Town
- Buffalo, NY: Van Driver Rear-Ends Dump Truck, Killing 3, Including 1-Year-Old, and Injuring 8 (AP)
- Franklin Twp: Driver Killed in Crash With School Bus (So. Jersey Times)
- Monsey, NY: Driver Seriously Injures Three-Year-Old Boy; No Charges (LoHud)
- Mantua Twp, NJ: Van Carrying 16 Flips on Highway, Injuring Four (So. Jersey Times)
- Greenwich Twp, NJ: Two-Vehicle Crash Flips SUV on Its Side, Injuring Driver (So. Jersey Times)
Following Up, Other News
- Cyclist’s Brother Says NYPD Closed Investigation Into Unsolved Death (Streetsblog)
- Related: Ghost Bike Memorial Ride to Honor Joseph Nelson, Hit-And-Run Victim (DNA)
- Six Months in Jail and Five-Year License Suspension for SI Hit-and-Run Killer (Streetsblog)
- CDC Report: 47,000 Pedestrians Killed from 2001 to 2010; Elderly and Poor at Highest Risk (Atlantic)
*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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