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 (5 Killed Since Feb. 14; 31 This Year; 1 Driver Charged*)
- Crown Heights: Gedalya Grinzaid, 25, Struck by Department of Sanitation Truck Driver in Crosswalk; No Charges or Summonses (Streetsblog)
- Jamaica: Kaneez Hussein, 73, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver Found to Have Suspended License (Post, TL)
- Jamaica: Man Struck by JFK Shuttle Driver While Attempting to Cross Van Wyck Expressway (Post, DNA)
- Flushing: Two Killed on Long Island Expressway After Car Veered Off Road, Crashed Into Tree (Post, TL)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- LES: 63-Year-Old Man Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver; CIS Investigating (DNA)
- Midtown: Woman Injured in Cab-Sedan Collision (DNA)
- Jamaica: 16 Injured When MTA Bus Driver Rear-Ends Second Bus (WABC)
- UWS: Unlicensed Driver Found Passed Out Drunk in Car, Tries to Bribe Cops (Post)
- West Brighton: Six Injured in Two-Car Crash That Downed Utility Pole (Advance)**
- Rosedale: Two Drivers Seriously Injured in Head-On Crash (TL)
- Borough Park: Two Pinned in Crash Involving Ambulance (@NYScanner)
- SI Expressway: Driver Injured After Flipping Car (Advance)
- Great Kills: Two-Car Crash Leaves Vehicle Overturned and Topples Hydrant (Advance)
- Goethals Bridge: Truck Driver Stopped for Infractions Found to Have Revoked License (Post Blotter)
- Fort Wadsworth: Unlicensed Driver Arrested With BAC of Three Times the Legal Limit (Post Blotter)
- Lower Manhattan: Speeding Driver Arrested After Ignoring Cop's Order to Stop (Post Blotter)
- St. George: Unlicensed Driver Leaves Kids in Back of Moving Vehicle to Flee Stop (Post Blotter)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
