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 (5 Killed This Week; 82 This Year; 4 Drivers Charged*)
- Red Hook: Nicholas Soto, 14, Struck Crossing Street to Catch School Bus; No Charges (Streetsblog 1, 2)
- Midwood: Galina Truglio, 63, Struck in Crosswalk in Multi-Vehicle Crash (News, WABC, News 12)
- Midtown: 58-Year-Old Livery Cab Driver Pinned by His SUV (DNA)
- Cross Bronx Expwy: Manhole Cover Crashes Through Windshield, Killing Jose Duran, 35 (DNA, News)
- South Jamaica: Off-Duty Cop Curtis Johnson, 28, Killed in Collision on Motorcycle (TL, Post)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Midtown: Two Pedestrians Injured, One Critically, When Hit-and-Run Driver Hits Bus Stop Pole (News)**
- Springfield Gardens: Ten Injured When Driver Collides With Turning School Bus Collides (WABC)
- Hell’s Kitchen: Cab Driver Hits Cyclist at 57th and Ninth Avenue (Gothamist)
- East Flatbush: Driver Critically Injures 58-Year-Old Pedestrian Crossing Nostrand Ave. (News)
- Throggs Neck: Cop Arrested for Dragging Girlfriend With Car (Post, News, News 12)
- Forest Hills: Off-Duty Firefighter Riding Motorcycle Critically Injured in LI Expwy Crash (Post)
- Midwood: Collision Flips Vehicle at East 9th and Avenue L (@NYScanner)
- Williamsburg: Two-Car Crash Near BQE Exit Ramp Sends Vehicle Onto Sidewalk (Bklyn Paper)**
- Bed-Stuy: Off-Duty School Safety Agent Arrested for DWI After Driving With Alarm Blaring (Post Blotter)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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