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.
3:15 PM EDT on March 28, 2014
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; 43 This Year; 1 Driver Charged*)
- East Village: Lisa Julian, 47, Struck by SUV Driver Near Cooper Square (Streetsblog)
- Crown Heights: Dylan Perry, 11, Dies from Injuries of Stepfather’s DWI Crash (News, NYT, DNA)
- Belmont: 25-Year-Old Dirt Biker Killed in Crash With Driver; Runaway Bike Injures Two Pedestrians (Post)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Borough Park: Unlicensed Forklift Driver Going Wrong Way Critically Injures 73-Year-Old (Post)
- Midtown: Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Seriously Injures Pedestrian on 34th Street (WABC)**
- Brownsville: Driver Hits 16-Year-Old Skateboarder, Leaves Him Critical; No Charges (News)
- Astoria: Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured by Livery Cab Driver (Post, News)
- UWS: Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop Strikes Pedestrian (News)
- East New York: Unmarked Police Car Collides With Church Van, Igniting Fire and Injuring Five (WABC)**
- Queensboro Bridge: MTA Bus Driver Rear-Ends Dump Truck (Post)
- Williamsburg Bridge: Driver of Oversized Truck Hits Bridge (WCBS)
- Bayside: Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested for DWI After Crashing Into Parked Car (DNA, News)
- University Heights: Two-Car Crash Ends With One Vehicle on Top of the Other (Post)
- South Jamaica: Sanitation Worker Crashes Salt Spreader Into Parked Car, Arrested for DWI (DNA)
- Lower Manhattan: Drunk Driver Crashes in Holland Tunnel, Flipping Vehicle (Post Blotter)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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