The Weekly Carnage
Posted By Summer Greenstein On November 16, 2012 @ 2:58 pm In 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]Raul De La Cruz was fatally struck near his home in Williamsburg by a hit-and-run driver. A suspect was later charged with leaving the scene and driving without a license. Photo: Daily News [3]
Fatal Crashes (5 Killed Since Nov. 2, 138 This Year, 11 Drivers Charged*)
- Williamsburg: Raul De La Cruz, 35, Killed, 24-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured When Struck by Two Drivers; Adam Recio Charged With Leaving the Scene, Driving Without a License (Streetsblog [4], DNA [5])
- Chinatown: Kwok Fu, 82, Run Down by National Guard Truck Driver Witnesses Say Ran Red; National Guard Says It’s Not Investigating (Streetsblog 1 [6], 2 [7])
- Flushing: Dante Dominguez, 45, Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver (Streetsblog [8])
- Willowbrook: Suying Du, 56, Killed by Driver Passing Stopped Vehicle; No Charges (Streetsblog [9])
- Sunset Park: Man Fatally Struck on Fourth Avenue on October 26 (DNA [10])***
- Brownsville: Edward Clyburn, 61, Killed in Two-Car Collision; Driver Charged With Manslaughter (News [11])
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Hell’s Kitchen: Lincoln Tunnel Crashes Leave Pedestrian, Multiple Bus Riders Hurt (DNA 1 [12], 2 [13])
- Chinatown: SUV, Taxi Collide at Centre and Walker (Bowery Boogie [14])
- Canarsie: FDNY Trucks Responding to Call Collide, Crash Into Cab, Home; 11 Injured (Post [15])**
- Mt. Hope: Pedestrian in Traumatic Arrest After Crash (@NYScanner [16])
- Astoria: Second NYPD Officer in Three Days Arrested for DWI (CBS 2 [17], DNA [18])
- Williamsburg: Unlicensed Van Driver Strikes Mother, Two Infant Children (Post Blotter [19], Gothamist [20])
- Crown Heights: School Safety Agent Busted for DWI After Blowing Red Light (Post Blotter [21])
- Harlem: Motorcyclist Hits NYPD Vehicle and Flees; Criminality Suspected (@NYScanner [22])
- Melrose: Several Injured in Multi-Car Crash, One Seriously (@NYScanner [23])
- Charleston: Two Injured in South Shore Crash (Advance [24])
- West Brighton: Driver Admits to Drinking “Four to Seven Shots” Before Hitting Utility Pole (Advance [25])
- Dongan Hills: Corrections Employee Accused of DWI, Leaving Scene of Crash (Advance [26])
[27]A yellow cab driver and motorist collided in the early morning hours in Chinatown. No injuries were reported. Photo: Bowery Boogie [14]
In the Region, Out of Town
- North Bergen, NJ: Bronx Man Killed After Crashing Into Telephone Pole (North Jersey [28])
- Riverhead, NY: 90-Year-Old Passenger Killed in Two-Car Collision (Suffolk Times [29])
- Weehawken, NJ: At Least 17 Injured After Two Buses Collide Outside Lincoln Tunnel (Jersey Journal [30])
- North Amityville, NY: Police Investigating Two-Car Crash That Seriously Injured 87-Year-Old Driver (AP [31])
- Irvington, NJ: Two Killed in Crash on Garden State Parkway; Speeding Likely Cause (Star Ledger [32])
- Winter Haven, FL: Drunk Driver Kills Woman Who Was En Route to Hospital in Labor (News [33])
Following Up
- NYC DOT Won’t Say If Truck Driver Who Killed Manhattan Woman Is Still Behind the Wheel (Streetsblog [34])
- Pedestrian Struck by NYPD Cruiser Billed for Damage to Car (News [35])
- Bus Driver Who Fell Asleep at the Wheel Faces Up to 40 Years for Fatal 2011 Crash in Virginia (QChron [36])
- L.I. Hit-and-Run Suspect Fled U.S. After Allegedly Killing 80 Year-Old, Arrested 11 Years Later (Post [37])
*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
***Fatality included in yearly, but not weekly, total
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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/2012/11/Borinquen.jpg
[3] Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/police-hit-and-run-driver-article-1.1202443
[4] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/15/hit-and-run-crash-kills-one-pedestrian-injures-another-in-90th-precinct/
[5] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121115/williamsburg/man-killed-woman-critically-injured-hit-and-run-police-sources-say
[6] 1: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/07/witnesses-national-guard-trucks-were-running-lights-prior-to-fatal-crash/#more-290472
[7] 2: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/14/accounts-of-fatal-national-guard-crash-dont-add-up/
[8] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/06/dante-dominguez-latest-hit-and-run-victim-in-peter-koos-council-district/
[9] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/12/suying-du-killed-by-staten-island-motorist-nypd-no-criminality-suspected/
[10] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121026/sunset-park/man-injured-accident-on-fourth-avenue
[11] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-driver-killed-crash-article-1.1201866
[12] 1: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121112/hells-kitchen-clinton/pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-near-entrance-lincoln-tunnel
[13] 2: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121112/new-york-city/multi-vehicle-accident-snarls-traffic-for-second-time-at-lincoln-tunnel
[14] Bowery Boogie: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2012/11/early-morning-collision-at-centre-and-walker/
[15] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/where_the_fire_i5m7tXdf2j8JSHZ6GgsXsI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Brooklyn
[16] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/266723169463844864
[17] CBS 2: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/12/second-new-york-city-police-officer-in-3-days-charged-with-driving-drunk/
[18] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121112/new-york-city/cop-whose-foot-was-run-over-by-ferrari-arrested-for-dwi
[19] Post Blotter: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_slTKxKVLdxOuApVAvKL49N
[20] Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2012/11/05/women_two_children_struck_by_van_in.php
[21] Post Blotter: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_JroUkX5ZVAOUdDidtDCHMI
[22] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/267813319459627008
[23] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/268361314315931648
[24] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/police_radio_report_two_injure.html
[25] Advance: http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2012/11/staten_island_driver_admits_fo.html
[26] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/corrections_employee_accused_o.html
[27] Image: http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/centre-collision-2-620x465.jpeg
[28] North Jersey: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Bronx_man_who_was_killed_in_North_Bergen_accident_is_identified.html
[29] Suffolk Times: http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2012/11/36111/greenport-man-involved-in-fatal-riverhead-crash/
[30] Jersey Journal: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/11/17_hurt_2_seriously_in_bus_acc.html
[31] AP: http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/li-crash-seriously-injures-driver-87/e6026c86db0b4b3982e4f9c325f1ce2f
[32] Star Ledger: http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2012/11/authorities_identify_the_two_v.html#incart_river
[33] News: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-11-07/news/34977494_1_dui-crash-dui-manslaughter-drunk-driver
[34] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/11/15/is-the-truck-driver-who-killed-roxana-sorina-buta-still-behind-the-wheel/
[35] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-billed-patrol-car-damage-struck-article-1.1200445
[36] QChron: http://www.qchron.com/editions/north/sleepy-bus-driver-guilty-in-fatal-crash/article_dd01448b-53ce-58ac-8064-909b2ee4e366.html
[37] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/suspect_in_fatal_li_hit_run_from_Q2jAATuw2unM8Ffk0FU3lM?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Local
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