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.
1:51 PM EDT on August 29, 2014
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 Since Aug. 15; 127 This Year*)
- Midwood: 62-Year-Old Man Struck by SUV Driver While Crossing Avenue P (DNA)
- East Harlem: Jerrison Garcia, 25, Struck on Bicycle at Park Avenue and E. 108th Street (Streetsblog)
- Maspeth: Karoll Grzegorczyk, 32, Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver (News, NY1)
- Spuyten Duyvil: 24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Crashes on the Major Deegan Expressway (News)
- Crown Heights: Michelle Migmott, 32, Killed in Backseat of Car in Drunk Driving Crash on Eastern Parkway (News, AMNY)**
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Morningside Heights: Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian Crossing Amsterdam (DNA)
- Mott Haven: Woman Critical After Hit-and-Run Driver Intentionally Rams Her; Driver Charged With Attempted Murder (DNA 1, 2, News, WCBS, WNBC)
- Brighton Beach: Cyclist Critically Injured on Ocean Parkway (Bklyn Daily)
- Corona: Parks Dept. Sanitation Truck Driver Strikes Cyclist and Her Dog (DNA, FDNY)
- LES: Driver Injures Three Women in Their 60s, One Critically; No Charges (DNA)
- Harlem: Drunk Driver Sends Car Carrying Newborn Baby Onto Sidewalk; Five Injured (WNBC, News)**
- Ozone Park: SUV Driver Jumps Curb, Smashing Into Pizzeria Storefront (Forum)
- Springfield Gardens: Driver Crashes Into Post on Rockaway Turnpike; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Queensboro Bridge: Taxi Bursts Into Flames on Upper Level of Bridge (DNA)
- St. George: Tractor-Trailer Jackknifes, Crashes Into Parked Car (Advance)
- Travis-Chelsea: Drunk Driver’s Arrest for Sideswiping Vehicle Was Second DWI in a Month (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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