The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
3:37 PM EST on December 5, 2014
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Fatal Crashes (9 Killed Since Nov. 14; 190 This Year*)
- Borough Park: Blima Friedman, 10, Struck Crossing Street With Her Pregnant Mother, Also Injured; No Charges (Streetsblog, CBS, News, ABC)
- Kensington: Mohammad Naiem Uddin, 14, Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver; Driver Later Charged With Leaving the Scene (News)
- LES: Robert Perry, 57, Struck on Bowery; Driver Charged With Criminally Negligent Homicide (DNA)
- East Flatbush: Jason Aitcheson, 27, Killed by Hit-and-Run Van Driver on Utica Avenue (News, WABC)
- LES: Cyclist Shan Zheng, 61, Struck by Livery Driver (Lo-Down, News)
- Downtown Brooklyn: Latchman Singh, 34, Run Down in Crosswalk at DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension by Driver Who Fled (Post, DNA)
- Prince’s Bay: Jenna Daniels, 15, Struck by Turning Truck Driver; Driver Received Summons for Tinted Windows (Advance, DNA)
- UWS: Motorcyclist, 44, Struck by Driver, Thrown From Bike on Henry Hudson Parkway (News)
- Kingsbridge: Mohammed Hoque, 35, Crashed Car Into Tree on Major Deegan Expressway (WNYC)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Harlem: Dump Truck Driver Slams Into MTA Bus, Injures 13 (Post)
- Flatbush: Driver Critically Injures 79-Year-Old Man Crossing Street (JP Updates)
- UWS: Hit-and-Run Driver Truck Driver Clips Woman, 3-Year-Old Son Crossing 65th Street at Broadway (NY1)
- Borough Park: Person Pinned in Overturned Vehicle on 45th Street and 14th Avenue (@NYScanner)
- Midtown: Woman Struck on Central Park South; “No Criminality Suspected” (DNA)
- Marine Park: Off-Duty Cop, Daughter Seriously Injured After Dollar Van Driver Hits Their Vehicle in Chase Following Hit-and-Run (Post)
- Bulls Head: Four Injured, Including Two Children, in Multi-Vehicle Collision (Advance)
- Bay Ridge: Woman Charged With Driving While Impaired After Crashing Into Vehicle, Tree on BQE (Post Blotter)
- Todt Hill: Drunk Driver With Prior Record Arrested After Crashing Into Car (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
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