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 (2 Killed This Week; 122 This Year*)
- Flushing: Cyclist Struck by Ambulette Driver; No Charges (DNA, Gothamist, NY1)
- East Elmhurst: Motorcycle Passenger Killed When Driver Crashes on Grand Central Parkway (DNA)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Bushwick: Cyclist Struck, Seriously Injured on Irving Avenue (DNA)
- West Village: Van Driver Critically Injures 22-Year-Old Pedestrian; “No Criminality” (News, DNA)
- Morris Heights: Five Injured, Including Child, in Cross Bronx Expressway Collision (Post)
- Far Rockaway: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Maspeth: Four Injured in Two-Car Crash After Driver Runs Red Near Long Island Expressway (News)
- East Flatbush: Ambulance Driver Carrying Patient Crashes Into Parked Cars, Flips (Post)
- Dongan Hills: Driver Slams Through Restaurant Window Trying to Pull Into Parking Spot (Advance)**
- South Williamsburg: Tractor Crashes Into House at Lee Avenue and Penn Street (@NYScanner)**
- Stapleton: Two Extricated From Overturned Vehicle (Advance)
- Park Slope: Driver Attacks Bus Driver With Broken Side View Mirror Following Collision (News)
- Silver Lake: Off-Duty Firefighter Charged With DWI After Crashing Car Into Bus Stop (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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