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.
The Brooklyn precinct where a driver and passenger were killed in a high-speed crash Monday had issued 54 speeding tickets this year as of March. Image: ##http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Death-Brooklyn-Car-Crash-Marine-Park-259868361.html##WNBC##The Brooklyn precinct where two people were killed in a high-speed crash Monday had issued 54 speeding tickets this year as of March. Image: ##http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Death-Brooklyn-Car-Crash-Marine-Park-259868361.html##WNBC##
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)
A driver jumped a curb on Bergen Street at Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, knocking over bike racks and damaging a subway entrance. Photo: ##https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/468401748273807360/photo/1##@BrooklynSpokeA driver jumped a curb on Bergen Street at 6th Avenue in Brooklyn, knocking over bike racks and damaging a subway entrance. Photo: ##https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/468401748273807360/photo/1##@BrooklynSpoke
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
Astoria: Hit-and-Run Driver on Sidewalk Gives Pedestrian Concussion, Broken Leg (DNA, Gothamist)**
Mayor Adams said the pricing scheme should merely be the "beginning of the conversation" with "communities to deliberate and to make a determination of who is going to be exempted."