The Weekly Carnage
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
By
Brad Aaron
1:01 PM EST on March 5, 2010
The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Englewood, NJ: City TV Reporter Filing Toyota Story Hit Crossing Street (News)
- Mariners Harbor: Suspected Thieves Crash Car During Police Pursuit (Advance)
- SI: Five Arrested for DWI Last Weekend; 1 in Crash, 1 With 14 License Suspensions (Advance)
- Great Kills: Sanitation Crew Hits SUV, Leaves Scene (Advance)
- St. Albans: Woman Arraigned for Claiming Car Was Stolen After Attempted Hit-and-Run (YN)
Following Up
- Riverdale: Residents, Media, CM Koppell Want Changes at Site of Broadway Fatality (R’dale Press, YN)
- Queens: Officer Commended for Catching Killer Hit-and-Run Driver (Qns Gazette)
- Phelan-Guerrero Hit-and-Run, Providence Fatality Prompt Ped Safety Committee at Brown U. (BDH)
- New Springville: Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal 2009 DWI Crash (Advance)
- Brooklyn: Women Awarded $7.5M for 2005 City Bus Collision (News)
In the Region, Out of Town
- Ft. Lee, NJ: Pedestrian Hit, in Serious Condition (WCBS)
- Clifton, NJ: Police Chase Kills Truck Passenger (WABC)
- Phoenix: 6 Killed, 15 Injured in Interstate Bus Crash (AP)
- Dinwiddie Co., VA: Driver Charged in Van Crash That Killed Temple Student (AP)
- Barnstable, MA: Newlywed Tries to Run Down Husband’s Ex-Girlfriend (News)
- Norwood, PA: Teens Upset Over Death of Cyclist Friend Commit Suicide-by-Train (Daily News)
- Tampa: Alex Rodriguez and His $400,000 Car in Minor Collision (News)
Other News
- NYPD Drunk Driving Epidemic Continues Unabated; Where’s Ray Kelly? (Streetsblog)
- DWI Also Popular With Cops in Westchester: 6 Charged Since December (WCBS)
- DOT Denies Brooklyn CB 18 Request for Kings Plaza Pedestrian “Safety Fences” (YN)
- Related: Board Cites Hazardous Pedestrian Conditions at Canarsie Cemetery (YN)
- Freedom-Loving Arizona Legislators Kill TWD Bill, Again (AZ Republic)
- Failed Ban Sparks Seemingly Rational Discussion of Traffic Cams in Illinois (Daily Herald)
- Times Driven to Distraction Series Targets Digital Billboards, a.k.a. “Television on a Stick”
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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