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 (5 Killed This Week; 176 This Year*)
- Flushing: 60-Year-Old Man Struck by MTA Bus Driver Turning Onto Northern Blvd. (News)
- Brownsville: Alex Davis, 59, Struck on Rockaway Parkway; Driver Still at Large (Streetsblog)
- College Point: Anthony Ledic, 87, and Milenka Ledic, 89, Crash in Supermarket Parking Lot (Post, DNA)
- Marine Park: 27-Year-Old Driver Crashes Through Guardrail on Belt Parkway (Gothamist)
- Upper East Side: Keiko Ohnishi, 66, Struck in Crosswalk in September, Dies From Injuries (Streetsblog)***
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- UWS: Pedestrian Struck Crossing Broadway and 96th (DNA)
- Sunnyside (SI): Unlicensed Driver Hits 78-Year-Old, Breaking His Legs; Attempts to Flee Scene (Advance)
- Park Slope: Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Woman Crossing Fourth Avenue at Union Street (Streetsblog)
- Forest Hills: Woman Critically Injured on Queens Blvd. (News)
- Yorkville: Driver Hits, Seriously Injures Man at York Avenue and East 79th (DNA)
- Fort Greene: Man Hit on Near Marathon Course on Fulton Street (News)
- Forest Hills: Two Injured After Driver Suffers Cardiac Arrest, Slams Into Several Vehicles (DNA)
- Bushwick: NYPD Officer Crashes Into Truck After Swerving to Avoid Cyclist (Animal)
- Rossville: Driver Jumps Curb, Narrowly Misses Man and Baby Before Crashing Into Home (Advance)**
- Graniteville: Driver With BAC Three Times Legal Limit Sideswipes Vehicle, Attempts to Flee (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
*** Crash occurred prior to October 31 and is not reflected in the weekly total
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