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.
3:46 PM EST on November 14, 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 This Week; 181 This Year*)
- Glen Oaks: Edmund Chou, 79, Pedestrian; NYPD: Victim Was Jaywalking; No Charges (News, Post)
- East New York: Melvina Hibbert, 76, Pedestrian; NYPD: Victim Jaywalking; No Charges (News, News 12)
- Morris Heights: Francine Feathler, 55, Struck on Major Deegan Expressway (Post Blotter)
- Laurelton: Kevin Lewis, 20, Struck on Sidewalk; Driver Charged With Murder (DNA, News)**
- Pelham Bay: 17-Year-Old Girl Ejected From Car on Hutchinson River Parkway (News)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Claremont Village: MTA Bus Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian (DNA)
- Union Square: Woman Hit by Two Drivers Outside Whole Foods (DNA)
- Ditmas Park: NYPD School Safety Van Driver Strikes, Seriously Injures 13-Year-Old Boy (News)
- East Elmhurst: Three Injured After Rear-Ending Tractor Trailer (News)
- UWS: Three Injured When Livery Cab Driver Flips in Crash With Yellow Cab in Columbus Circle (DNA)
- Parkchester: Woman Thrown From Car Following Collision With MTA Bus (Post Blotter)
- Lower Manhattan: One Injured When Tour Bus Driver Slams Into Scaffolding (WCBS)**
- Gramercy: NYPD Traffic Agent Chases Driver Who Hit Him, Fled Scene (News)
- Marine Park: Off-Duty Cop Arrested for DWI (Bklyn Daily)
- Kips Bay: Wrong-Way Driver Critically Injured in Three-Vehicle Collision on FDR Drive (DNA)
- Charleston: Driver With Two Times Legal BAC Charged With DWI After Two-Car Crash (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
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