The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Fatal Crashes (6 Killed This Week; 138 This Year; 10 Drivers Charged*)
- Castle Hill: Lakhranee Sookram, 67, Struck Crossing Street to Catch Bus; Driver Issued Summons for an Expired License (News)
- East New York: Lyubov Angert, 82, Run Down by Turning MTA Bus Driver at Pennsylvania and Seaview Avenues (News, DNA)
- East Village: Meipui Chow Leon, 73, Killed by Van Driver While Crossing East Houston; Driver Cited for Failure to Exercise Due Care (DNA, NBC)
- Far Rockaway: Two Teenagers Killed, One Injured in High-Speed Crash Into an Elevated Subway Pillar (TL, News)
- Sheepshead Bay: Jasmine Calix, 21, Thrown From Motorcycle After Losing Control of Vehicle on Belt Parkway (DNA)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Eastchester: Taxi Fatally Driver Stabs Ex-Girlfriend After Rear-Ending, Running Her SUV Off the Road (DNA)
- Cypress Hills: Eleven-Year-Old Boy Riding Bike Struck, Seriously Injured by MTA Bus Driver (News)
- Mill Basin: Driver Flips Car Near PS 203, Setting Off Chain Reaction of Crashes (Bklyn Daily)
- Canarsie: Pedestrian Struck, CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Kew Garden Hills: Victim Pinned Unconscious in Crash at Van Wyck Expressway and Jewel Avenue; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Williamsburg: Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Richmond: Three Injured in Crash That Left One Pinned in Vehicle (Advance)
- Carroll Gardens: Off-Duty EMT Arrested for DWI After Hitting Parked Car (DNA)
- West Brighton: Driver With Twice the Legal BAC Smashes Car Into Pole (Post Blotter)
- West Shore Parkway: Crash Leaves Vehicle Overturned, Two Injured (Advance)
- FDR Drive: Three-Car Crash Includes Vehicle Carrying Anthony Weiner; No Injuries (NYT)
*Based on latest available reports
