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 (6 Killed This Week; 72 This Year; 3 Drivers Charged*)
- Forest Hills: Elliot Mintzer, 67, Hit by Tractor-Trailer Driver Backing Up in Parking Lot (DNA, TL)
- Canarsie: Motorcyclist, 26, Killed in Collision With MTA Bus (Post)
- Williamsburg Bridge: Arben Hoti, 31, Falls Off Motorcycle Into Roadway (DNA)
- Bayside: Ingrid Arcuik, 51, Drives Into Parked Tow Truck on Clearview Expressway (News)
- Mill Basin: Christina Wipper, 18, and Philbert Martin Williams, 20, Killed in High-Speed Crash on Flatbush Avenue After Running Red; Two Others Injured (News, Post)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Astoria: Hit-and-Run Driver on Sidewalk Gives Pedestrian Concussion, Broken Leg (DNA, Gothamist)**
- Fresh Meadows: Truck Driver Jumps Curb Into Yard, Severely Injuring Pedestrian (Gothamist, Post)**
- Dyker Heights: Driver Hits Motorcyclist, Pedestrian at 15th Avenue and 81st Street (@NYScanner)
- Williamsburg: Pedestrian Struck at Bedford and N. 11th; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Chinatown: Dept. of Correction Bus Driver Topples Bollards on Traffic Island; 14 Hurt (Streetsblog)**
- Prospect Heights: Curb-Jumping Driver Hits Bike Parking and Subway Entrance (@BrooklynSpoke)**
- Meiers Corners: Three-Car Crash Sends 11 to Hospital; Infant Among Seven Children Injured (Advance)
- Midland Beach: NYPD Cruiser Smashes Into Pole Following Collision; One Seriously Hurt (Advance)**
- Port Richmond: Driver Critically Injured After Flipping Car in Two-Vehicle Crash (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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