The Weekly Carnage
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.
2:30 PM EDT on October 4, 2013
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 (3 Killed This Week; 159 This Year; 11 Drivers Charged*)
- Mariners Harbor: Unidentified Pedestrian Killed Reportedly by Drunk Off-Duty NYPD Officer (Streetsblog)
- Woodside: Luis Bravo, 19, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver at 58th and Broadway (Streetsblog)
- Melrose: Genielle Laboriel, 21, Struck by Bus Driver While Riding Skateboard; No Charges (Streetsblog)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- LES: Driver Hits, Seriously Injures Woman Near Chrystie and Hester (DNA)
- Henry Hudson Parkway: Driver Rams Motor Bikers After They Surround SUV (DNA 1, 2)
- Chinatown: Alleged DWI Driver Hits Cop Standing on Corner, Leads Police Chase (DNA)
- Fresh Meadows: Child Struck at 197th Street and 67th Avenue (WNBC)
- Williamsburg: Three Children Hit at Bedford and Division Avenue (@NYScanner)
- Hell’s Kitchen: Person Seriously Injured at W. 50th and 10th Ave; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Sunset Park: Seven Injured, One Critically, in Three-Car Collision on Gowanus Expressway (Post)
- East New York: Passenger Critically Injured When Driver Crashes Into Light Pole (Post)
- Maspeth: Taxi Driver Flips Cab; Four Seriously Hurt (WCBS)
- Eltingville: Driver Stopped With BAC Four Times the Legal Limit (Advance)
- Dyker Heights: Crash Pins Occupants (@NYScanner)
- New Springville: Truck Driver Hits Utility Pole, Leaving Hundreds Without Power (DNA)
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge: Two Injured in Crash Involving Three Vehicles (Advance)
*Based on latest available reports
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