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; 88 This Year; 4 Drivers Charged*)

• Bushwick: Xochil Zack Fortune Struck on Bicycle, Possibly by Two Motorists (Gothamist, Bklyn Paper)
• Willets Point: 40-Year-Old Cyclist Killed by Minivan Driver on Roosevelt Avenue; Driver Ticketed for Speeding, NYPD "Investigation Ongoing" (Streetsblog)
• New Springville: Christal Aliotta, 31, One of Two Victims Struck on Sidewalk; Driver Charged With Drug Possession, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation (Streetsblog)**
• Laurelton: Cyclist Wayne White, 50, Killed in Hit-and-Run on North Conduit Ave. (News, WCBS)
• South Ozone Park: 58-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed on North Conduit Ave.; No Charges (Gothamist, News)
• Washington Heights: Tractor-Trailer Driver Hits Second Truck on George Washington Bridge (DNA, Fox)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Bed-Stuy: Driver Seriously Injures 5-Year-Old Boy; Post, NYPD Blame Child (NY1, WNBC)
• Bed-Stuy: SUV Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian; NYPD "Investigation Ongoing" (DNA)
• UES: Carriage Horse Runs Loose Through Central Park, Crashes Into Taxi (Post, News)
• St. George: Pedestrian in Serious Condition; CIS Requested (Advance)
• Fort Greene: Seven Injured in Hit-and-Run Involving Five Vehicles (WNBC)
• Corona: Motorcyclist Injured in Collision With Turning SUV Driver (Post Blotter)
• Fort Wadsworth: Motorcyclist Injured in Crash With SUV Driver (Advance)
• Midtown: Police Officer on Motorcycle Struck, Seriously Injured (@NYScanner)
• New Springville: Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested for DWI After Two-Car Crash (Advance)

* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway