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 (4 Killed Since Jan. 9, 8 This Year*, 1 Driver Charged**)

• Long Island City: Hoyt Jacobs, 36, Struck on Bicycle by Private Sanitation Truck Driver (Streetsblog)
• Bayside: 69-Year-Old Woman Struck Crossing Bell Boulevard (Streetsblog)
• Jamaica: Patina Deygoo, 22, Killed in Backseat of Car When Driver Crashed Into Tree; Two Injured (Post)
• Far Rockaway: Geovanni Balverdy, 19, Killed in Car Whose Driver Swerved Into Traffic (Post, WNBC)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Cambria Heights: Unlicensed Driver Hits 6-Year-Old Boy Stepping Off School Bus (News)
• UWS: Driver Strikes Pedestrian at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue (DNA)
• Ditmars: Pedestrian Struck at Ditmars Boulevard and 31 Street; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
• Midtown: Coach Bus Driver Slams Into Wall of Port Authority Terminal (News)
• Flatbush: Van Driver Hits, Critically Injures Man on Ocean Avenue (Post)
• Forest Hills: MTA Bus Involved in Seven-Car Pile-Up on Metropolitan Avenue (TL)
• Brooklyn: Tractor-Trailer Overturns on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (@NYScanner)
• Dozens of Weather-Related Pile-Ups Lead to 911 Backlog, Suspended Bus Service (Post, WABC)
• Schuylerville: 14-Year-Old Boy Hits Parked Cars With Van, Attempts to Ram Police Cruiser (Post, News)
• Staten Island: Three MTA Buses Involved in Separate Crashes, Injuring Passengers (Advance)
• St. George: Icy Road Blamed for 15 Car Pile-Up on Richmond Road and Clove Road (Advance)

* Based on latest available reports
** Drivers known to have been charged for causing a death in 2015