The Weekly Carnage
Posted By Summer Greenstein On February 24, 2012 @ 3:15 pm In The Weekly Carnage | 3 Comments
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 [1].
[2]Willie Gonzalez was killed by an MTA bus driver in Harlem. The day before, Meilan Jin was fatally struck by an MTA bus in Flushing. Photo:Daily News [3]
Fatal Crashes (2 killed this week, 27 this year, 4 drivers charged*)
- Flushing: Meilan Jin, 22, Struck By MTA Bus Driver on Northern Blvd.; No Criminality (DNA [4])
- Harlem: Willie Gonzalez, 25, Struck By MTA Bus Driver on St. Nicholas Ave. (News [3])
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Flushing: Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian; Second Flushing Crash Involving a Pedestrian This Week (Times-Ledger [5])
- Wakefield: Six Injured in Two-Car Crash (DNA [6])
- Harlem: Pedestrian Seriously Injured By Van Driver While Crossing Street (DNA [7])
- East Harlem: Drunk Driver Runs Red, Injuring Six in Crash (DNA [8])
- Harlem: Pedestrian Struck By FDNY Ambulance Driver Backing Up (DNA [9])
- Midtown: Drunk Driver Crashes Into Garbage Truck, Pinning Worker and Injuring One Other (Post Blotter [10])
- LI Expressway: Two Injured in Crash that Overturned Two Vehicles (DNA [11])
- Norwood: Three Injured After Smashing Their Car Into Pillar (Post Blotter [12])
- Dongan Hills: Five People, Including Several Children, Injured in Multi-Vehicle Collision (Advance [13])
- Kew Gardens: At Least One Injured in Crash on Grand Central Parkway (Times-Ledger [14])
- New Dorp: Several Injured in Two-Car Crash After Driver Runs Stop Sign (Advance [15])
- UES: Driver Pulled Over for Traffic Violation Tries Fleeing, Dragging Cop With Car (Post [16])
[17]Five people were injured in a crash on Staten Island after a driver allegedly ran a red. Photo:Advance [13]
In the Region, Out of Town
- New Rochelle, NY: Pedestrian Fatally Struck, Boyfriend Injured By Hit-and-Run Driver (LoHud [18])
- Fort Lee, NJ: Driver Who Repeatedly Ran Over Girlfriend Charged With First-Degree Murder (NJ.com [19])
- Peekskill, NY: Pedestrian Killed By Driver; No Charges, Victim’s Dark Clothing Blamed (LoHud [20])
- Quajara, Ecuador: Bus, Possibly Speeding, Runs Off Cliff; 29 Reported Dead (News [21])
- Bristol, UK: Bus Driver Gets 17 Months for Deliberately Ramming, Injuring Cyclist (MSNBC [22])
Following Up
- Driver Who Killed SI Cyclist Ronald Tillman Still at Large (Advance [23])
- Driver Who Fatally Doored Cyclist Jasmine Herron Found Guilty of Driving With Suspended License (Post [24])
- DOT Report: Delancey and Houston Intersections Are Downtown’s Most Dangerous (DNA [25])
- In Crash That Killed Clara Heyworth, Police Did Not Investigate Scene For At Least Three Days (Gothamist [26])
- Traffic Light Installed at TriBeCa Intersection Where Boy Was Hit Riding Scooter (DNA [27])
* Based on latest available reports
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[1] About the Weekly Carnage: http://www.streetsblog.org/about-the-weekly-carnage/
[2] Image: http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MTAharlem.jpg
[3] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/pedestrian-struck-killed-york-city-bus-24-hour-period-article-1.1027661?localLinksEnabled=false
[4] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120222/flushing-whitestone/woman-struck-by-multiple-vehicles-on-northern-boulevard-queens
[5] Times-Ledger: http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/8/pedstruckunionst_web_2012_02_22_q.html
[6] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120224/woodlawn-wakefield/six-hurt-two-car-accident-bronx
[7] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120221/harlem/man-struck-by-van-on-129th-street-fifth-avenue
[8] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120219/harlem/seven-injured-crash-on-madison-avenue-130th-street
[9] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120221/harlem/woman-hit-by-ems-truck-then-treated-by-it-too
[10] Post Blotter: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_Tjqv6gAiDcTmLxHJCkIZiP
[11] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120222/queens-village-st-albans/traffic-on-lie-snarled-by-three-car-crash
[12] Post Blotter: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_UrKAp4Y8btl8oM3VI5ZyPL
[13] Advance: http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2012/02/several_children_injured_in_do.html
[14] Times-Ledger: http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/7/gcpaccident_ne_2012_02_16_q.html
[15] Advance: http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2012/02/2-car_crash_at_new_dorp_inters.html
[16] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/head_case_arrest_nZAHcfodODkZ2kgy7vri1K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
[17] Image: http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Hylancrash.jpg
[18] LoHud: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012302230064
[19] NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/02/charles_ann_suspect_in_fatal_fort_lee_hit-and-run_apprehended_in_queens.html
[20] LoHud: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012302210052
[21] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bus-runs-cliff-ecuador-29-reported-dead-article-1.1025446
[22] MSNBC: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/18/10442653-uk-bus-driver-gets-17-months-in-jail-for-mowing-down-bicyclist
[23] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/11_days_later_driver_remains_a.html
[24] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/car_door_bus_death_gal_guilty_MNPpqmMRhIS2KShsrSpDFK
[25] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120222/lower-east-side-east-village/delancey-houston-has-most-dangerous-les-village-intersections-dot-study
[26] Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2012/02/17/clara_heyworth.php
[27] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120221/downtown/new-traffic-light-installed-at-dangerous-tribeca-intersection
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