The Weekly Carnage

by Summer Greenstein

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.

A taxi driver was killed in Gramercy when a speeding SUV driver rear-ended his car, which he was standing in front of. Photo: Post

Fatal Crashes (6 Killed This Week, 16 This Year; 0 Drivers Charged*)

  • Midwood: Sara Kischik, 15, Killed By Van Driver; No Charges Expected (Streetsblog, News)
  • Canarsie: Woman Fatally Struck By Stop Sign-Running Bus Driver Near 105th Street; “No Criminality” (DNA, Gothamist)
  • Chelsea: Thomas Berry, 66, Killed By Garbage Truck Driver While Crossing Street; “No Criminality” (Gothamist, Post, DNA)
  • Gramercy: Mir Hossain, 35, Standing in Front of Cab, Killed By Speeding SUV Driver (Streetsblog)
  • Glen Oaks: 82-Year-Old Pedestrian Struck on Union Turnpike (Post)
  • Ozone Park: Winston Joseph, 61, Loses Control of Car, Slams Into Tree (DNA)

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

  • East Village: SUV Taxi Driver Strikes Elderly Pedestrian, Throws Her Five Feet (DNA, News)
  • East Elmhurst: Driver Hits Pedestrian, Leaves Him in Critical Condition; AIS Dispatched (Post, @NYScanner)
  • Borough Park: Woman Struck, Critically Injured By Driver; AIS Dispatched; No Criminality Suspected (DNA, @NYScanner)
  • Ozone Park: FDNY Ambulance Crashes With Car, Slams Into Home; Three Injured (YeshivaWorld)**
  • Shore Acres: Driver Leads 70 MPH Chase After Cops Pull Her Over, Narrowly Misses Pedestrians (Post Blotter)
  • Bushwick: Crash Leaves One Person Pinned (@NYScanner)
  • Westerleigh: Driver, Intending to Back Out of Parking Space, Slams Into Storefront (DNA)**
  • Midwood: Traffic Agent Struck, Transported by EMS (@NYScanner)
  • Norwood: Off-Duty Cop Charged With DWI After Crashing Into Street Sign, Refusing Breathalyzer (DNA)

A driver, possibly trying to back out of a parking space, slammed into a storefront on Staten Island. Photo: DNAinfo

In the Region, Out of Town

  • Union Twp: Police Seeking Driver Who Fatally Ran Down 76-Year-Old Pedestrian Crossing the Street (Star-Ledger)
  • Central Islip, NY: Driver, Passenger Killed in LIRR Crash After Ignoring Train Signal (Post)
  • Sloatsburg, NY: Driver Goes Nine Miles Wrong Way, Kills Wife in Head-On Crash; No Charges (LoHud)
  • Bethlehem, PA: Jets Coach Rex Ryan Blows Red, Causes Three-Car Crash (WSJ)

Following Up, Other News

  • Drunk Driver Who Killed Queens Highway Worker Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter, Avoids 15-Year Prison Sentence (Post)
  • Admitted “Buzzed” Driver Dodges Prison Sentence for Crash That Killed Pregnant Passenger, Injured Others (Post)
  • LI Cement Truck Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Crash Into Underpass That Killed School Bus Driver (Post)
  • Traffic Calming Moves Ahead for Deadly Borinquen Place (Bklyn Paper)
  • Preliminary NYPD Counts Show 279 NYC Traffic Fatalities in 2012 (TransNat)
  • NYPD: 1,500 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 17 Killed in Traffic in December (Streetsblog)

*Based on latest available reports
**Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway