The Weekly Carnage
Posted By Summer Greenstein On December 7, 2012 @ 3:09 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]A taxi driver crashed into a light pole at the corner of the Bowery and East 3rd Street, injuring pedestrians, according to a witness. Photo: Bowery Boogie [3]
Fatal Crashes (1 Killed This Week, 146 This Year, 12 Drivers Charged*)
- Dyker Heights: Motorcyclist Hector Rivera, 37, Struck by SUV Driver; “No Criminality” (Advance [4], Post [5])
- Williamsburg: Cyclist Struck in August Died From Injuries; “No Criminality Suspected” (Streetsblog [6])***
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- East Flatbush: Driver Strikes Pedestrian, Leaving Him Unconscious; “No Criminality” (Post Blotter [7])
- Borough Park: Pedestrian, 60, Seriously Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver; AIS Requested (@NYScanner [8])
- East Village: Cab Driver Crashes Into Light Pole, Injures Pedestrians (Bowery Boogie [3])**
- Parkchester: Man Hit, Critically Injured by Van Driver; AIS Dispatched (DNA [9], @NYScanner [10])
- Unionport: Pedestrian Struck, Seriously Injured on Ellis Avenue (DNA [11])
- Forest Hills: Pedestrian Hit, Transported to Hospital in Serious Condition (@NYScanner [12])
- East Flatbush: School Bus-Dollar Van Collision Leaves Five Children Injured (DNA [13])
- Morrisania: Five Kids Hurt When Driver Rear-Ends School Bus; Eighth Bus Crash Since October (DNA [14])
- Great Kills: Collision Leaves Two Pinned in Car (Advance [15])
- Charleston: Drunk Driver Charged With DWI After Slamming Into Pole, Refusing Breathalyzer (Advance [16])
[17]Five children were injured when a dollar van driver swerved into the path of an oncoming school bus in East Flatbush. Photo: DNAinfo [13]
In the Region, Out of Town
- Boston: City Council Members Honor Deceased Cyclist, Call for Data-Driven Safety Measures (Globe [18])
- Philadelphia: Pizza Deliveryman Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver, Left With Brain Damage (News [19])
- Englewood, NJ: NJ Transit Bus Driver Falls Asleep, Nearly Drives Off Overpass (NBC NY [20])
- Green Brook, NJ: Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Pedestrian in Crosswalk (NJ.com [21])
- Princeton, NJ: Authorities Use “Black Box” Data to Help Convict DWI Killer (Broadsheet Daily [22])
- Los Angeles: Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Driving With Pedestrian’s Body on Hood (News [23])
Following Up
- Tour Bus Driver Found Not Guilty in Bronx Crash That Killed 15 (News [24], NYT [25])
- Kevin Spellman Verdict Highlights Continued Weakness of Drunk Driving Cases (Streetsblog [26])
- SI Motorist Whose DWI Crash Killed Teen Passenger Sentenced to 10 Years (Advance [27])
- Driver Who Crashed Stolen Cab in Union Square Tells Jury He Was Drunk, High (Gothamist [28])
- Lawyer for Curb-Jumping Manhattan Driver Blames Deceased Victim for “Negligence” (Gothamist [29])
Other News
- Citing Baseless AAA Report [30], Lawsuit Seeks to “Shut Down” Red Light Cameras (Post [31])
- Lander: School Rezonings Put Kids at Risk From Fourth Avenue Traffic (Bklyn Spoke [32])
- TA Scavengers to Document Harrowing Conditions on Deadly Queens Boulevard (DNA [33])
- GGW’s David Alpert [34]: We Don’t Have to Live With Roads That Are Killing Us (WaPo [35])
*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
***This fatality is reflected in the annual, but not weekly, figure
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URL to article: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/07/the-weekly-carnage-179/
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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/2012/12/bowery-cab-accident-1.jpg
[3] Bowery Boogie: http://www.boweryboogie.com/2012/12/cab-crashes-into-bowery-light-pole-last-night-injuring-pedestrians/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BoweryBoogieALowerEastSideChronicle+%28Bowery+Boogie%29
[4] Advance: http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2012/12/post_53.html
[5] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_ABbibjBDhLL2o1reVa4DjP
[6] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/03/another-cyclist-reported-killed-in-90th-precinct-no-criminality-suspected/
[7] Post Blotter: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_8iSPLiMSOEiUtxoKqx1EjJ
[8] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/275420214852714496
[9] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121204/parkchester/pedestrian-struck-by-van-critically-hurt-parkchester
[10] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/276049811965362177
[11] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121206/unionport/woman-struck-by-vehicle-seriously-injured-on-ellis-avenue-officials-say
[12] @NYScanner: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/275747605298946049
[13] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/east-flatbush/5-children-injured-after-school-bus-van-collide-on-utica-avenue
[14] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121203/morrisania/nine-people-hurt-school-bus-accident-near-boston-road
[15] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/12/staten_island_crash_pins_2_in.html
[16] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/prosecutors_staten_island_man_1.html
[17] Image: http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/image640x480.jpg
[18] Globe: http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/12/06/bicyclist-and-vehicle-collide-commonwealth-avenue-allston/iLfi9EqrFWahk0AKxErVIM/story.html
[19] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/philadelphia-police-hit-and-run-driver-article-1.1214869
[20] NBC NY: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NJ-Transit-Bus-Driver-Falls-Asleep-166-X-Englewood-Port-Authority-182121391.html
[21] NJ.com: http://www.nj.com/somerset/index.ssf/2012/12/green_brook_police_looking_for.html
[22] Broadsheet Daily: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=gxn46jcab&v=001fgXe_62hM0lq3zQgL2-rXgDDbDACIIzr3XP2p_9VtRdserFJmANF57nuhj1HcgLG-Wts-J8Gc7H2M3-lrLnLvcfAebLMstFYyoQMTvy-jhnBg5D1ettHAQ%3D%3D
[23] News: http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-11-26/news/35370703_1_manslaughter-charges-hood-legal-limit
[24] News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/driver-deadly-bronx-bus-crash-found-guilty-article-1.1215483
[25] NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/08/nyregion/ophadell-williams-driver-in-fatal-bus-crash-found-not-guilty-of-manslaughter.html?hp
[26] Streetsblog: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/12/07/spellman-verdict-highlights-continued-weakness-of-drunk-driving-cases/
[27] Advance: http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/12/motorist_whose_drunken_driving.html#incart_river
[28] Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2012/12/06/guy_who_hijacked_cab_and_crashed_it.php
[29] Gothamist: http://gothamist.com/2012/12/06/getting_killed_by_suv_doesnt_count.php
[30] Baseless AAA Report: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/10/09/aaa-ignores-research-on-red-light-cameras/
[31] Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/drivers_to_sue_city_over_red_light_6aJzDkw0lW7IG6MnLYdUSN
[32] Bklyn Spoke: http://brooklynspoke.com/2012/11/30/a-safer-4th-avenue-for-kids/
[33] DNA: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121204/forest-hills/scavenger-hunt-encourages-teams-play-traffic-on-boulevard-of-death
[34] David Alpert: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/16936/its-time-we-stopped-living-with-roads-that-are-killing-us/
[35] WaPo: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-we-stopped-living-with-roads-that-are-killing-us/2012/11/30/c7600776-399c-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html
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