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 (7 Killed Since March 8; 40 This Year; 1 Driver Charged*)
- Crown Heights: Roshard Charles, 5, Backed Over by Hit-and-Run Driver While Walking With Mother (Streetsblog)
- Sheepshead Bay: Pei Yao Wu, 82, Struck at Intersection With Marked Crosswalks; Driver Ticketed for Careless Driving and Failure to Yield (BNC)
- Sheepshead Bay: Marlene Baharlias, 77, Backed Over by in Sidewalk by Driver Attempting to Park (Streetsblog 1, 2)**
- Long Island City: Kumar Ragunath, 64, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver on Northern Boulevard (Streetsblog)
- Maspeth: Man Killed by Van Driver Backing Out of Driveway; Driver Issued Summons (TL, DNA)
- Long Island City: Cab Driver Vadro Kone, 50, Crashes Into Wall, Other Cab on Queensboro Bridge Off-Ramp After Suffering Seizure (DNA, Post, AMNY)
- Greenpoint: Jorge Rios, 47, Crashes Motorcycle Into Car on Manhattan Avenue (DNA)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Bed-Stuy: Cab Driver Flips School Bus, Injuring Nine, Including Six Kids (DNA, WCBS, News, Post)
- Jamaica: School Crossing Guard Arrested After Backing Into Pedestrian, Fleeing Scene (Post)
- Prospect Park South: SUV Driver Crashes Through Fence, Lands on Q Train (News, Post)**
- LES: Passenger Injured After Cab Driver Doing 60 MPH T-Bones, Flips Another Cab (News, Lo-Down)
- Flatlands: Driver Speeds to Escape Gunfire, Flips and Crashes Into Car Driven by Off-Duty Cop (News)
- Hillcrest: Five Injured, Including Two Pinned Under Vehicle, in Two-Car Collision (Post)
- Harlem: Cement Truck Driver Crashes Into Elevated 1 Train Structure, Delaying Service (DNA)
- Greenpoint: Five Injured After MTA Driver Suffers Stroke, Hits Parked Cars (News, Post, WPIX)
- Flushing: Minivan Driver Injured After Crashing Into Building on Northern Boulevard (WNBC)**
- Lincoln Tunnel: One Injured in Crash Between Two Tractor-Trailers and Passenger Vehicle (Gothamist)
- Rego Park: Off-Duty Sanitation Employee Caught Speeding Arrested for DWI (TL)
- Travis: Driver Speeding at 100 MPH Arrested for Drunk Driving (Advance)
- Holland Tunnel: Driver Smashes Into Walls of Tunnel, Arrested for DWI (Post Blotter)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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