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.
An SUV driver crashed through a storefront in St. Albans. Six people, including an elderly woman, were injured. Photo: DNA
Fatal Crashes (4 killed this week, 31 this year, 4 drivers charged*)
- Fresh Meadows: 40-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck By Driver on Union Turnpike; No Charges (DNA)
- UWS: 26-Year-Old Passenger Killed After Driver Crashes Into Concrete Median on Henry Hudson Pkwy (DNA)
- Norwood: Kwame Awtwi, 51, Crashes Car Into Pole (DNA, Post Blotter)
- East NY: 66-Year-Old Passenger Killed, One Critical After Two-Car Collision; “No Criminality” (DNA, Post)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- St. Albans: Driver Crashes Through Storefront, Injuring Self and Five Others (Times-Ledger)
- East Williamsburg: Pedestrian Struck at Grand and Vandervoort (@NYScanner)
- South Richmond Hill: Pedestrian Struck By MTA Bus Driver (DNA)
- Crown Heights: Five Injured in Three-Car Crash on Eastern Parkway (DNA)
- South Jamaica: Pedestrian Reportedly Hit By Tanker Truck Driver on Van Wyck Expressway (Times-Ledger)
- Chelsea: Three Injured After Driver Crashes Minivan Into Building (DNA)
- Brownsville: Hit-and-Run Driver Clips Pedestrian in the Leg (Post Blotter)
- Great Kills: Man’s Leg, Pelvis Broken in Head-On Collision With Drunk Driver (Post Blotter)
- East NY: Drunk Cop Crashes Patrol Car Into Pole, Refuses Breathlyzer Test; Two Supervisors Disciplined (DNA, News)
- Parkchester: Livery Cab Driver Crashes Through Gate Into House; “No Criminality” (CBSNY)
- Corona: Driver Drags Wife Clinging to SUV After Argument (Post Blotter)
- Travis: Teen Arrested for Driving With Almost Twice the Legal Blood-Alcohol Level (Post Blotter)
A 66-year-old woman was killed in East New York when a driver hit the car she was riding in. Her husband, who was driving, was critically injured. Photo:Post
In the Region, Out of Town
- Congers, NY: Teen Driver Fatally Strikes 74-Year-Old Pedestrian Crossing the Street (LoHud)
- Bernards Township, NJ: Teen Passenger Killed After Speeding Driver Crashes Into Trees (Jersey-Journal)
- Southeast, NY: Drunk Driver Pulled from Flaming Wreckage After Driving Off Road, Flipping Car (LoHud)
- Bowling Green, OH: Wrong-Way Driver Kills Self, Three College Students; Two Others Injured (AP)
Following Up
- Cabbie Struck By Drunk SUV Driver Has Leg Amputation, Remains in Coma (News)
- NJ Man Charged With Murder for Running Over Girlfriend Held on $3 Million Bail (Post)
- Ex-Assistant Bronx DA Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving, Avoids Jail Time (News)
- Driver in 2010 Upstate Megabus Crash That Killed Four Acquitted of Murder (News)
* Based on latest available reports
