The Weekly Carnage
9:11 AM EDT on April 13, 2007
Fatal Crashes (7 Killed This Week; 183 Killed This Year)
- East Brunswick, N.J.: 2 Teens Killed as Car Goes Off Road (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Police Probe Road Rage as Cause, Search for SUV (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Security Videotapes Sought (Star-Ledger)
- Brooklyn: Model Brain Dead After SUV Hit-and-Run (Bklyn Paper)
- Related: Family Turning Off Life Support (Indymedia)
- Related: Information Sought (Gothamist)
- South Plainfield, N.J.: Girl, 14, Struck and Killed by Minivan (Star-Ledger)
- Rocky Point, L.I.: Man Loses Control of Pickup Truck, Hitting Fence (Newsday)
- Franklin Twp., N.J.: Rutgers Student, 21, Dies as Car Hits Tree (Star-Ledger)
- Pohatcong, N.J.: Woman Sideswipes Big Rig, Gets Hit By Another (Star-Ledger)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Galloway, N.J.: Gov. Corzine Critical After Crash; Codey Is Acting Governor (NYT)
- Related: Search for Pickup Continues (NJ.com)
- Related: Months of Therapy Await the Governor (NJ.com)
- Manhattan/Brooklyn: 2 Pedestrians Critical After Hit-and-Runs (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: 20-Car Smashup on the Gowanus (NY Post)
- Plainview, L.I.: Man, 75, Plows Into Deli, Injuring 9 (Newsday)
- Related: States Told to Prepare for Elderly Driving Boom (Chicago Trib/UTU)
- East Windsor, N.J.: 9 Injured in Multi-Vehicle Pileup (Times of Trenton)
- Bay Shore, L.I.: Head-On Collision Injures 4 on Parkway (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Car Hits Hydrant, Causing Flooding (S.I. Advance)
- Fleetwood, N.Y.: Police Hunt for Driver Who Hit Fountain (Journal News)
- Washington Twp., N.J.: 2 Hurt as Car Crosses Median (Star-Ledger)
- Orange, Conn.: 3 Hospitalized After 3-Car Crash (Conn. Post)
- Clark, N.J.: 2 Critically Injured in Head-On Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Berkeley Heights, N.J.: School Bus Fire Backs Up Route 78 (Star-Ledger)
- Staten Island: Near Crash a Drunken Mess (S.I. Advance)
- Washington Twp., N.J.: Jeep Flips, No Injuries (NJ.com)
- Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Man Arrested After High-Speed Chase (Journal News)
- East Amwell, N.J.: Driver Seriously Hurt as Car Hits Tree (NJ.com)
- Trenton, N.J.: Diabetic Escapes Charges in 2-Car Crash (NJ.com)
Following Up
- East Orange, N.J.: Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Murder-by-Lexus (Star-Ledger)
- Pelham, N.Y.: Mom Accused of DWI Gets License Back (Journal News)
- Clinton Twp., N.J.: 2 Officers Accused of Hit-and-Run Cover-Up (Star-Ledger)
- North Salem, N.Y.: Actor Wants Nonjury Trial for DWI Charge (Journal News)
- Yonkers, N.Y.: Warrants Issued as Rapper Skips Traffic Court (NYT)
- Staten Island: Jury Gets Cop’s DWI Case After Heated Arguments (S.I. Advance)
- Morristown, N.J.: Victim’s Family Sues Motorist for Wrongful Death (Star-Ledger)
- Nanuet, N.Y.: Woman Crippled in Crash Helps the Disabled (Journal News)
Trend
- A Warmer Connecticut May See More Deer-Vehicle Crashes (Stamford Advocate)
Photos: Top: Mark R. Sullivan / Home News Tribune;
Bottom: Matt Rainey / The Star-Ledger
Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.
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