The Weekly Carnage
Posted By Summer Greenstein On March 23, 2012 @ 3:03 pm In Streetsblog,The Weekly Carnage | No 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]The driver of a Mercedes crashed into two vehicles before hitting and seriously injuring a 63-year-old man on a bicycle in Bensonhurst. Photo: Daily News [3]
Fatal Crashes (1 killed this week, 39 this year, 4 drivers charged*)
- Flatiron: Amos Veloz, 21, Fatally Struck By City Bus Crossing East 23rd Street; No Criminality (Post [4], News [5])
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Harlem: Two-Car Crash on 125th Street Leaves Six Injured (DNA [6])
- Castleton Corners: Man Walking to His Car Close to Death After Driver Hits Him (Advance [7])
- Hollis: Speeding Motorcyclist Thrown from Bike After Crashing Into Tree (Times Ledger [8])
- Bensonhurst: Octogenarian Driver Fleeing Crash Scene Hits, Critically Injures 63-Year-Old Cyclist (News [3], Post [9])
- Midwood: Van Driver Who May Have Run Red Sets Off-Chain Reaction Crash; 12 Injured (NY1 [10], Post [11])
- Williamsburg Bridge: Four Hospitalized Following Crash That Overturned Car (DNA [12])
- Inwood: SUV Driver Mounts Parked Livery Cab Outside School (Streetsblog [13])
- UES: Cab Driver Slams Into Park Avenue Doctor’s Office, Injuring Passenger (DNA [14])
- Stapleton: Police, FDNY Respond to Collision That Downed Utility Pole (Advance [15])
- East NY: Car Thief Leads Police on Chase Before Crashing Into Van, Charter Bus (Post [16])
- BQE: Tractor-Trailer Crash Closes Traffic Lanes Near Brooklyn Bridge (DNA [17])
[18]A cab driver crashed into a doctor's office on the Upper East Side, injuring a passenger. Photo: Gothamist [19]
In the Region, Out of Town
- Fort Lee, NJ: Man Flips Car Attempting to Ram Wife’s SUV Near GW Bridge (News [20])
- Mount Pleasant, NY: Volunteer Fire Lieutenant Killed Riding Motorcycle (LoHud [21])
- Fort Lauderdale, FL: Driver Crashes Into Hotel Poolside Cabana, Killing Pregnant Woman; No Charges (News [22])
- Old Westbury, NY: Motorcyclist Killed After Crashing Into Jeep (AP [23])
Following Up
- No Charges for Alleged Drunked Hit-and-Run Death of Margaret Myers (Streetsblog [24])
- 68-Year-Old Pedestrian Fatally Struck By Van Driver in Borough Park Identifed as Abraham Samet (Streetsblog [25])
- Staten Island Drug Suspect Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Driving Into Cop (Advance [26])
- NJ Lawyer Admits to Fleeing Scene of Crash That Injured Teen Pedestrian; Faces Six-Year Prison Sentence (AP [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/2012/03/bensonhurst-crash.jpg
[3] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cyclist-clinging-life-brooklyn-crash-article-1.1048548
[4] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bus_kills_batali_worker_QVOKpfjiMz7azazVyDbJ4L
[5] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-struck-killed-city-bus-crosses-e-23rd-st-manhattan-article-1.1049542
[6] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120321/harlem/six-injured-accident-on-125th-street
[7] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/pedestrian_still_fighting_for.html
[8] Times Ledger: http://www.timesledger.com/stories/2012/12/motorcyclecrash_se_2012_03_22_q.html
[9] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/driver_hits_cyclist_UlQlB78F1LykA0j6c2sRUN
[10] NY1: http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/top_stories/157864/mta-bus--food-truck-collision-injures-12
[11] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/klyn_van_demonium_6nwPFzvSEE7xMoE327dZ6M
[12] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120322/lower-east-side-east-village/williamsburg-bridge-accident-injures-four-snarls-traffic
[13] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/03/20/eyes-on-the-street-driver-goes-wheels-up-outside-inwood-school/
[14] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120319/upper-east-side/taxi-smashes-into-park-avenue-building
[15] Advance: http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2012/03/police_fire_called_to_stapleto.html
[16] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/suspected_car_thief_leads_cops_on_8urV0a5s6Pr2hXeKvzvt7L
[17] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/20120321/fort-greene-downtown/bqe-partially-closed-near-brooklyn-bridge-after-accident
[18] Image: http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2012_02_taxicrash.jpg
[19] Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2012/03/19/please_buckle_up_taxi_crashes_into.php
[20] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/port-authority-cops-bust-jersey-man-ram-wife-road-george-washington-bridge-article-1.1048527
[21] LoHud: http://www.lohud.com/article/20120323/NEWS02/303230061/Elmsford-Trustee-Ed-Rush-s-son-Tyler-killed-motorcycle-accident?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Frontpage
[22] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pregnant-woman-killed-freak-accident-car-crashed-florida-hotel-pool-cabana-article-1.1046809
[23] AP: http://online.wsj.com/article/APd7eab78d072747f9ab76cf3775f3a713.html
[24] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/03/22/no-charges-for-alleged-drunken-hit-and-run-death-of-brooklyn-woman/
[25] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/03/19/pedestrian-abraham-samet-killed-by-driver-in-borough-park-last-monday
[26] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/staten_island_drug_suspect_sen.html
[27] AP: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/nj_lawyer_fled_scene_of_acciee.html
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