The Weekly Carnage
9:45 AM EDT on September 7, 2007
Robert Stolarik for The New York Times
Fatal Crashes (19 Killed This Week; 477 Killed This Year)
- The Bronx: 4 Die as Pa.-Plated Speeding SUV Flips, Crumples (NYT, Daily News)
- Related: Woman Recalls Son Who Died (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: Boy, 7, Crossing Street, Struck By 2 Cars; One Driver Flees (NYT)
- Related: Driver, 20, Arrested (Daily News)
- Manhattan: Father of Two, 47, Killed Crossing Street (NY Post, Newsday)
- Manhattan: Before the Taxi Strike, Bay Shore Man, 81, Struck by Taxi (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Wrong-Way Driver Causes Pileup, Killing Man (Post, Advance)
- Queens: Cyclist, 31, Killed in Collision With Bus (Flushing Times Ledger)
- Greenlawn, L.I.: Matriarch Run Over by Neighbor Who Blames Coffee Spill (News)
- Related: Actually, Reporter Finds Drug Paraphernalia; Driver Arrested (AP/News)
- Related: Driver Details His Use of Drugs Before Crash (Newsday)
- Newark: Woman, 32, Killed in Hit-and-Run; 2 Suspects Arrested (Star-Ledger)
- Islip, L.I.: Driver Killed Crashing Into House; It Will be Demolished (Daily News)
- Greenwich, Conn.: Bronx Man Killed as Pickup Hits Tree (Stamford Advocate)
- Lloyd Harbor, L.I.: Woman, 87, Crashes; Heart Attack Suspected (Newsday)
- Setauket, L.I.: Driver, 82, Killed as Another Driver Runs a Red Light (Newsday)
- New Haven, Conn.: Man Killed as Vehicle Hits Tree (WFSB)
- Clinton Twp., N.J.: Student Dies After Car Hits Tree (Hunterdon Democrat)
- Mineola, L.I.: Motorcyclists Dies After Collision With Car (Newsday)
- Trumbull, Conn.: Motorcyclist Dies in Crash (Stamford Advocate)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Brooklyn: Cyclist Injured in Prospect Heights Hit-and-Run (WABC 7)
- Queens: Officer on Bike Hit by Car (NY Sun)
- Staten Island: DWI Rap for Off-Duty Cop, 27, After Crash (S.I. Advance)
- Staten Island: DWI Rap for Off-Duty Firefighter, 52, After Crash (S.I. Advance)
- Staten Island: Crash on Expressway Wrecks Commute (S.I. Advance)
- New Cassel, L.I.: 2 Bicyclists Badly Hurt by Out-of-Control SUV (Newsday)
- Brentwood, L.I.: Driver Breaks Girlfriend’s Leg (Newsday)
- Morris Twp., N.J.: 3-Time Offender Injures Woman (Star-Ledger)
- Lindenhurst, L.I.: SUV Broadsides Car; Father and Tot Injured (Daily News)
- Sagtikos, L.I.: 2 Injured in Bizarre 16-Car Chair-Reaction Pileup (Newsday)
- Central Islip, L.I.: Arrest After Man, 67, Injured by Van in Hit-Run (Newsday)
- Westbury, L.I.: Truck Flips, 2 Flee, Spilled Load of Nails Snarls L.I.E. (Newsday)
- Toms River, N.J.: Person Trapped Under Car After Major Wreck (NJ.com)
- Lawrence, N.J.: Injuries Follow 4-Vehicle Wreck (Times of Trenton)
- Trenton, N.J.: 2 Hurt as SUV and Pickup Truck Collide (Times of Trenton)
- Lawrence, N.J.: SUV Flips After Collision, Injuring Driver (NJ.com)
- Garden City, L.I.: Bus Hits 9th Grader, His Condition Critical (Daily News)
- West Windsor, N.J.: 2 Hurt as BMW Hits Tree (Times of Trenton)
- Lawrence, N.J.; Car Snaps Utility Pole, Injures Driver (NJ.com)
- Armonk, N.Y.: Head-On Collision Reported (Journal News)
- Greenburgh, N.Y.: Driver Injured Crashing Into Tree at Cemetery (Journal News)
- Woodbridge, N.J.: Teen Faces 3 Years for Tossing Rocks at Cars (Star-Ledger)
Following Up
- Brooklyn: Insurance Justice Eludes Cop 3 Years After Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
- Stratford, Conn.: Mother Charged in Crash That Killed Her Kids (AP/Newsday)
Trends
- Deaths Down on New Jersey’s Highways (NJ Express Times)
- N.J. Freeholder Will Help Study Teen Driving Habits (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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