The Weekly Carnage

The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the metro region. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.

Fatal Crashes (11 Killed This Week, 149 This Year*, 15 Drivers Charged**)

• Queens: Speeding Driver Pushes Car Into Mother of 2; Charged With Homicide (News, Post)
• Brooklyn: Wheelchair-Bound Man Hit in Crown Heights (News)
• Centereach, LI: Driver Thrown From Truck After Running Red Light, Colliding With SUV (Newsday)
• Newark: Man Killed, Three Seriously Injured in Two-Car Collision (Star-Ledger)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Car (Star-Ledger)
• Old Bridge, NJ: 80-Year-Old Passenger Dies When Driver Hits Armored Truck (Star-Ledger)
• Jackson, NJ: Driver Crosses I-195 Median; Two Dead (Star-Ledger)
• Cranbury, NJ: Truck Driver Killed in Fiery Turnpike Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Brick, NJ: Two Dead, Two Critical After Head-On Collision (Star-Ledger)

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

• Brooklyn: NYPD Denies Help to Cyclist Assaulted in Bike Lane (Fifty Car Pileup)
• Brooklyn: Unidentified Cyclist Reported Injured on Jay Street (Streetsblog)
• Bronx: Construction Worker Left Near Death After Hit-and-Run (News)
• Bronx: “Good Samaritan” Pursues Hit-and-Run Driver in Eight-Mile High-Speed Chase (News)
• Manhattan: Driverless Truck Barrels Through Midtown; No Injuries, No Charges (News)
• Manhattan: Another Day, Another Flame-Engulfed Cab (Streetsblog, Post)
• Queens: Driver Doing 100 MPH Plows Into Motorcycle Dealership (NY1)
• Staten Island: Police Chase Teen at 130 MPH on KWV Parkway (SI Advance)
• Staten Island: Driver Shielded From Motorcyclist’s Friends After Serious Collision (SI Advance)
• Related: Five Motorcyclists Killed on SI Since June (SI Advance)
• Staten Island: Three Arrested After Crashing Stolen Car; Motorist, Cop Injured (SI Advance)
• Staten Island: Two Trapped in Overturned SUV on Hylan Boulevard (SI Advance)
• Staten Island: Crash at Verrazano Toll Plaza Reportedly Pins Driver in Car (SI Advance)
• Yonkers: Two in “Grave Condition” After Driver Jumps Curb, Hits Pole (LoHud)
• White Plains: Hit-and-Run Ped Killer, License Suspended for One Year, Caught Driving (LoHud)
• White Plains: Man in Wheelchair Struck (LoHud)
• N. White Plains: Motorcyclist Charged for Trying to Run Over Cop (LoHud)
• North Salem, NY: Man Fleeing State Troopers Crashes Into Tree (LoHud)
• East Islip, LI: Woman Hits Unmarked Police Car, Injuring Officer; Charged With DWAI (Newsday)
• Roosevelt, Hampton Bays, LI: Drunk Driving Dads Caught With Kids in Cars (Newsday 1, 2)
• Yaphank, LI: Woman, Infant Injured in One-Car LIE Crash (Newsday)
• Medford, LI: Three Escape Serious Injury When Mercedeses Collide on LIE (Newsday)
• Wantagh, LI: Nun Crashes Church-Owned Car, Charged With DWI (Newsday)
• Hempstead, LI: Motorcyclist With 26 License Suspensions Still Riding (Newsday)
• Newtown, CT: Two Rollover Crashes on Same Street Within 36 Hours (CT Post)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Pedestrian Critical Following Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
• Hamilton, NJ: Driver Wanted in Hit-and-Run That Left Motorcyclist Critical (NJ.com)

Following Up

• Bloomberg Honors Girl Who Stopped Bus Following Driver’s Heart Attack (1010 WINS)
• Staten Island: Motorcyclist Killed Doing “Wheelie” Identified (SI Advance)
• Westchester Co.: Diane Schuler’s Family Continues to Question Autopsy Findings (Newsday)
• Newark: Cops Still Looking Driver of Stolen Car Who Killed Pedestrian (Star-Ledger)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Man Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Drag Racing Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Grand Jury Clears Driver in May Wreck That Killed 16-Year-Old Girl (Star-Ledger)
• Plainfield, NJ: Ex-Cop, Repeat DWI Offender, Escapes Jail for Causing Three-Car Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Norwalk, CT: Driver Charged With Manslaughter for July Motorcyclist Death (CT Post)
• Bridgeport, CT: Man Gets 45 Months for Hit-and-Run Death, Attempting to Flee Country (CT Post)

Out of Town

• Toronto: Questions Surround Cyclist Dragging Death (CTV, T’Hugger)
• Tulsa, OK: Driver Charged With Negligent Homicide in Cyclist Hit-and-Run (Tulsa World)
• Madison, WI: State Rep Blows Red Light, Plows Into, Injures, Cyclist (Cyclelicious)
• St. James, MD: 8-Year-Old Cyclist Hit, Suffers Fractured Skull, Loses Part of Leg (AP)
• Douglasville, GA: Man Plows SUV Into House During Birthday Party; 1 Dead (AP)
• Redmond, WA: Three Infants Taken to Hospital When SUV Driver Rams Daycare Center (AP)
• Charleston, IL: Drunk, High and Texting, Father Crashes Through Fence, Killing Daughter, 5 (AP)
• Jonestown, PA: Boy, 3, Loses Both Grandfathers in Separate Same-Day Crashes (AP)
• New Port Richey, FL: 2-Year-Old Seriously Injured When Mom’s Car Backs Over Him (AP)
• Phoenix, AZ: Man Ignores Pleas Not to Drive, Dies in Crash Leaving Bar (AP)
• Concrete, WA: DWI Defendant Who Killed Two Commits Suicide (AP)
• Shreveport, LA: Former New England Patriot John M. Stephens Killed in One-Vehicle Crash (AP)

Trends

• NYPD Concerned About Officer Road Safety, Provided They’re Off-Duty and on Motorcycles (Post)
• Feel the Rage: SI Advance Readers Sound Off on Everyone Else’s Driving Habits
• Neither Corzine Nor Christie Setting a Good Example for Jersey Drivers (NJ.com 1, 2)
• Newark to Get Red Light Cameras (Star-Ledger)
• Stamford, CT: Crossing Guard Pay Assigns Low Value to Keeping Kids Safer (CT Post)
• Louisiana Toughens Penalties for Drivers Who Refuse Breathalyzer Test (AP)
• Haberman: New York’s Weak Texting Law Typical of Albany Apologists
• Survey Says Eight in 10 Americans Support TWD Bans (WSJ)
• Toyota Working on Drunk-Proof Ignition Lock (Breitbart)
• Drunk Driving a Natural Product of U.S. Car Culture (Streetsblog)
• Motoring Class Privilege Taken to Extremes in Delhi, India (Streetsblog)
• Vanderbilt: Traffic Stops Do More Than Curb Dangerous Driving (Slate)

* Since the week of June 8
** Drivers charged for deaths since the week of June 8, based on latest available reports