The Weekly Carnage
Tom Nycz/The Journal News
9:06 AM EDT on August 10, 2007
Tom Nycz/The Journal News
Fatal Crashes (19 Killed This Week; 402 Killed This Year)
- Chappaqua, N.Y.: Pedestrian, 61, Killed on Way to Starbucks (Journal News)
- Lindenhurst, L.I.: Mother Runs Over 5-Year-Old Son (AP/Daily News)
- Related: Officer Notes “It’s Just a Tragic Accident” (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Car Rear Ended, Bursts Into Flames, Killing Driver (S.I. Advance)
- Secaucus, N.J.: Mom in ICU Unaware that Daughter, 6, Died (Jersey Journal)
- Secaucus, N.J.: Driver, 81, Plows Through Bus Shelter, Killing 1 (Jersey Journal)
- Lawrence, L.I.: Parallel Parking SUV Jumps Curb, Kills Pedestrian (Newsday)
- Eastport, L.I.: Driver Loses Control, Hits Ditch, Flips Car, Dies (Newsday)
- Hamilton, N.J.: Two Women, Both 19, in Out-of-Control Sedan (Daily Journal)
- New Rochelle, N.Y.: Iona College Student, 19, Killed on I-95 (Journal News)
- Ewing, N.J.: Car Strikes and Kills Visitor from Poland, 61 (Times of Trenton)
- Hamilton, N.J.: 14-Year-Old Boy on Scooter Struck and Killed (Times of Trenton)
- South Hempstead, L.I.: Man, 41, Hits Pole, Dies (Newsday)
- Ronkonkoma, L.I.: Driver Dies After Rear Ending a Truck (Newsday)
- Raritan, N.J.: ‘Unbelievable’ Pileup Leaves Woman, 50, Dead (Star-Ledger)
- Woodbridge, N.J.: Man Dies as Car Veers Into Oncoming Traffic (Star-Ledger)
- Argyle, Me.: Boy, 15, From Spring Valley, N.Y., Killed in Rollover (Journal News)
- Related: That Type of Van Is Prone to Rollovers (Journal News)
- Parsippany, N.J.: Motorcyclist Loses Control and Is Killed (NJ.com)
- Cold Spring, N.Y.: Driver Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash (Journal News)
Christina Jeng / The Journal News
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- West Nyack, N.Y.: Man Extricated After SUV Rollover (Journal News)
- Queens: DWI Driver Hits 3-Year-Old Girl and 2 Women (NY Post)
- Related: Driver Had Downed Bottle of Vodka (NY Post)
- Related: Driver Arraigned in Hospital Bed (AP/Newsday)
- Hillside, N.J.: Officers Crash Into Car of Suspect They’re Chasing (NJ.com)
- Rye, N.Y.: Six Kids and Adult Excape Injury on Parkway Rollover (Journal News)
Kevin J. Czarzasty / FireFightningNews.com
- Waterbury, Conn.: Firefighters Free Trapped Woman (FireFighting News)
- Edison, N.J.: Woman, 50, Injured in Hit-and-Run (NJ.com)
- Bohemia, L.I.: Woman Seriously Injured in Crash (Newsday)
Following Up
- Queens: Seizure-Stricken Driver Who Killed 3 Is Charged With Lying (NYT)
- Brooklyn: Corner Named for Rookie Officer Killed in Car Wreck (AP/Newsday)
- Brooklyn: City Will Pay $1.25M to L.I. Driver Injured by Pothole (Newsday)
- Elizabeth, N.J.: Grand Jury Indicts Man for Killing Pedestrian (Star-Ledger)
Trends
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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