The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
A crash at Broadway and 97th Street injured a pedestrian and sent a cab into scaffolding. Photo:DNA
Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 11 this year, 3 drivers charged*)
- Midwood: 58-Year-Old Pedestrian Hit by One Driver, Fatally Struck by a Second in Hit-and-Run (ABC 7, NY1)
- Staten Island: Nelson Coelho, 23, Struck Trying to Cross SI Expressway (Post)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Greenwich Village: 63-Year-Old Pedestrian Hospitalized With Head Injuries After Driver Hits Her (DNA)
- UWS: Crash Involving Cab Driver Injures Pedestrian, Sends Vehicle Into Scaffolding (DNA)
- Bronx: Man Driving Tractor-Trailer Illegally on Hutchinson River Pkwy Crashes Into Overpass, Injures Bridge Inspectors (DNA, Post)
- Midtown: Ten Injured in Collision on Park Avenue (DNA)
- Crown Heights: Two-Car Crash on Eastern Parkway Leaves Seven Injured, Six Seriously (DNA)
- Dyker Heights: Four Pedestrians Struck in Two Separate Crashes; No Criminality Suspected (News)
- Tompkinsville: Drunk Driver Smashes Into Pole, Injuring Passenger (Post Blotter)
- Sunnyside: Driver Injured After Her SUV Flipped in Two-Car Crash (Advance)
- New Brighton: Woman Driving With Suspended License, 3-Year-Old Son in the Backseat Nearly Runs Down Cop (Advance)
- Cypress Hills: Carjacker Crashes Minivan Into Divider During Police Chase (DNA)
A driver in Sunnyside, SI was injured after her SUV flipped following a crash with another driver. Photo:Advance
In the Region, Out of Town
- New Hyde Park, NY: Man Fatally Crashes Car Into Building (New Hyde Park Patch)
- Centereach, NY: Driver With Previous Conviction Arrested for DWI at 120 MPH (FoxNY)
- East Farmingdale, NY: Drunk Driver Rear-Ends Car, Seriously Injuring His Wife (NBC NY)
- Bedford, NY: Man Arrested for Driving Drunk at Three Times the Legal Limit With Child in the Car (LoHud)
- Athens, Greece: Director Theo Angelopoulos Fatally Struck by Off-Duty Cop on Motorcycle While Crossing the Street (AP)
Following Up
- Brooklyn DA’s Office Reviewing Mathieu Lefevre Hit-and-Run (Streetsblog)
- Funeral Services Held for Dashane Santana (DNA, Fox)
- Related: CB3 Transpo Committee Wants Comprehensive Traffic Study on Delancey (Lo-Down)
- Bronx Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Shooting a 13-Year-Old Boy in a Parking Space Dispute (DNA)
- City Councilmember Wants to Rename Street After Slain Queens Civic Leader Pat Dolan (Times Ledger)
- Two Pedestrians Struck by State Police in Separate Incidents Recovering in Hospital (LoHud)
- Bronx Man Petitions to Sue City for Crash He Says was Caused by Broken Traffic Lights (Post)
* Based on latest available reports
