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 driver struck three people crossing Grand Concourse in the Bronx, killing a 16-year-old girl and leaving a woman with brain injuries. Photo: Daily News
Fatal Crashes (2 Killed This Week, 78 This Year; 3 Drivers Charged*)
- Prospect Heights: Unidentified Cyclist Killed by Livery Cab Driver; No Criminality Suspected (Post)
- Mount Eden: Zuleimi Torres, 16, Struck by SUV Driver While Crossing Grand Concourse; Two Others Injured; No Arrests (Streestblog)
A cyclist was killed by a livery driver on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. No arrests were made. Photo: Daily News
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- UWS: Cab Driver Seriously Injures Delivery Cyclist at 81st and Broadway (Streetsblog, MUW)
- Concourse Village: Driver Sends Girl, 13, Onto Car Windshield; Victim Critical (DNA, Streetsblog)
- Soundview: Two Boys, 9 and 10, Hit by Driver; No Arrests (NBC)
- Foxhurst: 11-Year-Old Boy in Serious Condition After Livery Cab Hit-and-Run (News 12)
- Bed-Stuy: Driver Injured After Jumping Curb, Slamming Into Building (NY1)**
- Elmhurst: Pedestrian Struck By Hit-and-Run Driver at Queens Blvd.; CIS Requested (@NYScanner)
- Chelsea: Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Crashing Into Duane Reade (DNA)**
- Prospect-Lefferts Gardens: Seven Injured in Rush Hour Crash (DNA)
- Murray Hill: Motorcyclist Injured After Running Red, Slamming Into Bus (DNA)
- Kensington: Three Hospitalized With Serious Injuries in School Bus-Car Collision (DNA)
- Westerleigh: Fire Truck Collision Sends Vehicle Into Nearby Yard, Injures Occupants (Advance)**
- Kensington: Vehicle Overturns, Pinning Victim (@NYScanner)
*Based on latest available reports
** Incident in which a vehicle left the roadway
Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/05/24/the-weekly-carnage-197/
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