The Weekly Carnage
9:37 AM EDT on June 29, 2007
Fatal Crashes (15 Killed This Week; 316 Killed This Year)
- Brooklyn: SUV Jumps Curb, Killing Pedestrian, Striking Bakery (Daily News)
- Brooklyn: Cyclist, 17, Doored, Then Run Over by Bus (NY Post, Newsday)
- The Bronx: Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Kills Cyclist, 30 (NYT, NY1)
- Manhattan: 2 Killed in Separate Uptown Crashes (NY Sun, NY Post [scroll])
- Manhattan: Commuter Bus Kills Pedestrian (Daily News)
- Queens: Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Collision With Car (AM NY)
- Southampton, L.I.: 2 Men Die in Separate Crashes (Newsday)
- Wyandanch, L.I.: Cyclist, 11, Killed, 2 Minivan Passengers Injured (Newsday)
- Related: ‘He Made Me Laugh’ (Newsday)
- Yaphank, L.I.: Teen Driver Killed as Tractor-Trailer’s Brakes Fail (Newsday)
- Mendham, N.J.: University Benefactor Veers, Fatally Hits Tree (Star-Ledger)
- North Bellmore, L.I.: Teen Dies as Motorcycle Hits Building (Newsday)
- Jersey City: Ambulance Mechanic Crushed to Death (Star-Ledger)
- Easton, N.J.: Young Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash (NJ Express Times)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
Washington Twp. F.D. via Times of Trenton
- Hamilton, N.J.: Dump Truck Flips After Colliding With Car (Times of Trenton)
- Long Beach, L.I.: Man Charged After Running Over Girlfriend With SUV (Newsday)
- Staten Island: 5 Injured as Fire Truck Sends SUV Into Store (S.I. Advance)
- Brooklyn: Officer on Motorcycle Injured in Collision With Bus (Newsday)
- Plainsboro, N.J.: SUV Rear Ends Big Rig, Driver Pulled From the Flames (NJ.com)
- Central Islip, L.I.: Man Crashes Stolen Hummer Near Courthouse (Newsday)
- Southeast, N.Y.: 3 Injured as Garbage Truck and Car Collide (Journal News)
- Bedminster, N.J.: Family in Grisly Car Crash (NY Post)
- Jersey City: Driver on Cell Phone Flips Vehicle, Hits 3 Parked Cars (S.I. Advance)
- Mineola, L.I.: Pedestrian Injured by Pickup, Driver Charged With DWI (Newsday)
- Carmel, N.Y.: Woman, 48, Charged With DWI Twice in 8 Days (Journal News)
- Hanover, N.J.: Drunk Driver Blamed for Road Work Scare (Star-Ledger)
- Greenwich, N.J.: Man Injured Year After Grandson Killed in Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Hopewell, N.J.: Reported ‘Accident’ Really Robbery and Assault (NJ.com)
- Pleasantville, N.J.: Six Hurt in Head-On Crash (NJ.com)
- West Nyack, N.Y.: Man, 57, Seriously Injured in Crash (Journal News)
Following Up
- Queens: 2 Cops Suspended for Failing to Report Crash (NY Post)
- Brooklyn: 2 Cops Could Duck Rap in Motorcyclist’s Death (Daily News)
- Unauthorized Use of Emergency Lights Faulted in Corzine Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Corzine Again Driven by Trooper Involved in Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Blauvelt, N.Y.: Group Ensures Accident Victim’s Legacy Will Endure (Journal News)
- Patterson, N.Y.: Double-Fatal Crash Trial Continued to July (Journal News)
Trends
- Families Torn by Toddler Backover Deaths (Newsday)
- New Jersey’s Bumper Crop is Fender-Benders (Star-Ledger)
- Roadside Memorials Dot the Landscape (Star-Ledger)
- Court Rules that Passengers Can Be Liable (NJ.com)
- Cocaine Hangover Can Be Considered DUI in New Jersey (Star-Ledger)
- New York State Plans Increased DUI Patrols for the Fourth (Newsday)
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Ticket Blitz in Northern New Jersey (Star-Ledger)
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New York’s Roads Among Worst in Nation (Journal News)
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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