Fatal Crashes (17 Killed This Week; 547 Killed This Year)
Manhattan: Helicopter Pilot Killed as Cab Jumps Curb (Post , Newsday ) Related: Fatal Crash Hits Home for Channel 7 (News ) Related: Police Find No Evidence to Support Cab Driver's Claim (News ) Related: Cabbie Tormented by Midtown Mow-Down Nightmare (Post ) Queens: Man, 81, Killed in Hit-and-Run (News , Post , Newsday ) Related: Driver, 29: 'I Didn't Know I Hit Anyone' (Post ) Manhattan: Schoolboy, 8, Hit by Car, Fights for Life , but Dies (News ) Related: Driver Approached by Unruly Mob (Post ) The Bronx: Inwood Man, 20, Mowed Down by Hit-and-Run SUV (Post ) Brooklyn: Out-of-Control Driver Kills Homeless Man (News ) Manhattan: Motorcycle Kills Harlem Woman (News ) New Brunswick, N.J.: 2 Peds Killed 4 Hours, 100 Yards Apart (Star-Ledger ) Haverstraw, N.Y.: Car Hits Pole, Killing 2 Passengers, Both 25 (LoHud ) Elizabeth, N.J.: Baker, Patriarch, Driver, 84, Dies (Star-Ledger , NJ.com ) Valley Stream, L.I.: Man, 80, Killed After Running Red (Newsday ) East Brunswick, N.J.: Driver-to-Be, 16, Killed as Passenger (Star-Ledger ) Bay Shore, L.I.: Driver, 28, Dies as Car Veers Into Traffic (Newsday ) East Brunswick, N.J.: Woman Struck by Car, Killed (Star-Ledger ) Garden City Park, L.I.: Woman, 62, Dies as SUV Hits Car (Newsday ) Howell Twp., N.J.: 1 Killed as Two Vehicles Collide (Star-Ledger ) Ricky Flores / The Journal News
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
Harrison, N.Y.: Man, 63, Gets DWI Charge After Rollover (LoHud ) Manhattan: Panhandler in Wheelchair Critically Injured by 2 Cars (Newsday ) Staten Island: Girl, 4, Hit by Car (NYT , Post ) Related: She's on Respirator, Ribs Broken (Advance ) Staten Island: Couple Hurt in Crash Near Hospital (Advance ) Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: Driver, 76, Charged After Hitting Cyclist, 38 (LoHud ) Princeton, N.J.: Cyclist Critically Injured (Times of Trenton ) Neconset, L.I.: Cyclist, 15, Critically Injured by SUV (Newsday ) Lou Minutoli / Newsday
West Hempstead, L.I.: Cars Collide Head-On, 2 Injured (Newsday [scroll]) Tarrytown, N.Y.: Pedestrian, 63, Injured on Main Street (LoHud ) Yonkers: 5 Flee Traffic Stop; Cops Pursue, Smashing Buggy (LoHud ) Bayonne, N.J.: Hero Pulls Woman From Crushed Car (Jersey Journal ) Bridgeport, Conn.: 1 Critical After Crash (Conn Post ) Mt. Pleasant, N.Y.: DWI Charge After Parkway Crash (LoHud ) Bellport, L.I.: Motorcyclist Injured in Collision With Taxi (Newsday ) Stony Point, N.Y.: Woman Hospitalized After Collision With Police Car (LoHud ) Lopatcong, N.J.: Motorcyclist Critical After Crash (NJ Express Times ) Following Up
Queens: Morning Ritual: Visit to Scene Where Daughter Died (News ) Queens: 12-Year-Old Girl Fights to Walk Again (News ) Hauppauge, L.I.: Drunken Driver Sentenced in Crash Death (Newsday ) East Brunswick, N.J.: Families Offer Reward in Fatal Crash Probe (Star-Ledger ) Hempstead, L.I.: NYPD Officer Faces Perjury Charge in Car Wreck (Newsday ) Greenwich, Conn.: Driver Charged in Death of Friend (Stamford Advocate ) Jersey City: Benefit for 4-Month-Old Who Lost Father (Jersey Journal ) Newark: 27 Suspended for Looking at Cloony Post-Crash Info (Newsday ) Trends
Renewed Calls for Pedestrian Safety as Toll Mounts (Streetsblog ) Car Insurers' Devices Track Teen Drivers (Newsday ) Auto Body Shop Sues Insurer for $40 Million (LoHud ) New Jersey Building Barriers to Cut Crossover Crashes (NJ.com ) Staten Island Pols Want Left Turn Lanes (Advance ) About the Weekly Carnage