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.
Fatal Crashes (1 Killed This Week; 18 This Year; No Drivers Charged*)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Midtown: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Crossing 11th Avenue; No Charges (News)
- Forest Hills: 84 Year-Old Woman Loses Leg After Bus Driver Struck Her on Queens Boulevard (DNA)
- UES: Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Seriously Injures Two Pedestrians; "No Criminality" (DNA, Post)**
- Fordham Heights: CIS on Scene of Crash That Leaves Pedestrian Critically Injured (@NYScanner)
- Astoria: Unlicensed, Drugged Minivan Driver Crashes Into Parked Car; Passenger Critical (TL, DNA)
- Bay Ridge: Five Injured in Two-Car Crash That Left Vehicles on House's Front Lawn (News)
- Castleton Corners: Driver Smashes Into Hardware Store on Victory Boulevard (Advance)**
- Astoria: Multi-Vehicle Crash at 31st Street and Grand Central Parkway; Several Injured (@NYScanner)
- Van Nest: Driver Stopped for Failure to Yield Flees, Attempts to Ram Police Car (Post, Gothamist)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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