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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

2:55 PM EDT on October 24, 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 dump truck driver fatally struck Winnifred Matthias, 77, at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. NYPD said Matthias was walking "outside the crosswalk." No charges were filed. Photo: Ian Dutton — A dump truck driver fatally struck Winnifred Matthias, 77, at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. NYPD said Matthias was walking “outside the crosswalk.” No charges were filed. Photo: Ian Dutton

Fatal Crashes (4 Killed This Week; 164 This Year*)

Glendale: Martin Srodin, 46, Killed by Semi Truck Driver in Crosswalk; No Charges (Streetsblog)
Prospect Heights: Winnifred Matthias, 77, Struck by Dump Truck Driver at Flatbush and Atlantic; No Charges (Streetsblog, DNA, WCBS, Bklyn Paper, Gothamist)
Sunset Park: Jose Chevere, 30, and Jalissa Otero, 24, Thrown from Motorcycle After Crashing Into Cement Wall on Gowanus Expressway (DNA)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

Astoria: Unlicensed Recidivist DWI Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Elderly Pedestrian (Post, News, NY1)
UWS: Driver Mounts Pedestrian Island Bollard at W. 97th Street and West End Avenue (Streetsblog)
St. Albans: Pedestrian Critical After Driver Slams Into Vehicle, Forcing It Onto Sidewalk (TL)**
Red Hook: Livery Cab Driver Runs Stop Sign, Sending B61 Onto Sidewalk (News, WNBC, WPIX)**
Sunnyside: Drunk Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars, Flips Vehicle Onto Sidewalk (Streetsblog)**
Flatlands: Driver Crashes Into Pole at Bedford and Avenue J; Five Injured (@NYScanner)
Marine Park: Cops Arrests Wrong-Way Dollar Van Driver on Kings Highway (Bklyn Daily)
Oakwood: Pedestrian Critical After Driver Hits Her; “No Criminality Suspected” (Advance)
Concord: Three Injured in Collision on SI Expressway That Overturned Vehicle (Advance)
Woodrow: Driver Arrested With BAC Almost Three Times Legal Limit (Advance)

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

Summer Greenstein

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