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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.

By Summer Greenstein

3:58 PM EDT on October 17, 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.

A motorist drove a truck through a bagel shop on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, injuring five people inside, including an infant. NYPD: "No criminality suspected." Image: CBS 2 — A motorist drove a truck through a bagel shop on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills, injuring five people inside, including an infant. NYPD: “No criminality suspected.” Image: CBS 2

Fatal Crashes (5 Killed Since Oct. 3; 160 This Year*)

Chinatown: Woman in Her 70s Struck on Canal; Driver “Didn’t See” Victim; No Charges (Streetsblog)
Dyker Heights: Cristina Alonso, 38, Struck by SUV Driver “Outside Crosswalk”; No Charges (Streetsblog)
Gowanus Expressway: Motorcyclist and Passenger Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash (News)
Kingsbridge Heights: Paul Rodriguez, 35, Killed in ATV Crash; Other ATV Driver Arrested (DNA, News)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

Woodside: Man Crossing Queens Blvd. Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver (DNA)
Roosevelt Island: NYPD Says Driver Caused Crash That Left Cyclist Brain Dead; No Charges (Streetsblog)
Flatbush: 60-Year-Old Pedestrian Critically Injured on Ocean Avenue; No Charges (Bklyn Paper)
Midtown: Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Crashing Into Storefront; Elderly Man Seriously Injured (Streetsblog)**
Gravesend: Woman Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run While Trying to Rescue Dog (Post, News)
Midwood: Fire Truck Driver Strikes Pedestrian on Avenue M (Bklyn Paper)
East New York: Pedestrian Suffers Severe Head Injuries When SUV Driver Slams Into Him (News)
UES: MTA Bus Driver Faints Behind Wheel, Jumps Curb and Hits Tree; Two Injured (Post)**
Forest Hills: Six People, Including Infant, Injured When Box Truck Driver Rams Bagel Shop (Post)**
Gravesend: Driver Flips Car on Dahill Road and Quentin Road (@NYScanner)
Canarsie: Driver Slams Into Dry Cleaners (WCBS)**
Queens: Off-Duty Firefighter Rescues Driver Who Flipped Car on Clearview Expressway (Post)
Eltingville: Teen Arrested for DWI After Crashing Car While Texting (Post Blotter)

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

Summer Greenstein

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