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.
2:57 PM EST on January 23, 2015
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 (4 Killed Since Jan. 9, 8 This Year*, 1 Driver Charged**)
- Long Island City: Hoyt Jacobs, 36, Struck on Bicycle by Private Sanitation Truck Driver (Streetsblog)
- Bayside: 69-Year-Old Woman Struck Crossing Bell Boulevard (Streetsblog)
- Jamaica: Patina Deygoo, 22, Killed in Backseat of Car When Driver Crashed Into Tree; Two Injured (Post)
- Far Rockaway: Geovanni Balverdy, 19, Killed in Car Whose Driver Swerved Into Traffic (Post, WNBC)
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Cambria Heights: Unlicensed Driver Hits 6-Year-Old Boy Stepping Off School Bus (News)
- UWS: Driver Strikes Pedestrian at 97th Street and Columbus Avenue (DNA)
- Ditmars: Pedestrian Struck at Ditmars Boulevard and 31 Street; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Midtown: Coach Bus Driver Slams Into Wall of Port Authority Terminal (News)
- Flatbush: Van Driver Hits, Critically Injures Man on Ocean Avenue (Post)
- Forest Hills: MTA Bus Involved in Seven-Car Pile-Up on Metropolitan Avenue (TL)
- Brooklyn: Tractor-Trailer Overturns on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (@NYScanner)
- Dozens of Weather-Related Pile-Ups Lead to 911 Backlog, Suspended Bus Service (Post, WABC)
- Schuylerville: 14-Year-Old Boy Hits Parked Cars With Van, Attempts to Ram Police Cruiser (Post, News)
- Staten Island: Three MTA Buses Involved in Separate Crashes, Injuring Passengers (Advance)
- St. George: Icy Road Blamed for 15 Car Pile-Up on Richmond Road and Clove Road (Advance)
* Based on latest available reports
** Drivers known to have been charged for causing a death in 2015
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