The Weekly Carnage

Fatal Crashes (20 Killed in past two weeks; 630 Killed this year)

• Carmel, N.Y.: Police chief drives head-on into oncoming traffic (Newsday)
• Cold Spring, N.Y.: Top cop kills self, injures 2 adults and toddler (Journal News)
• New York, N.Y.: "Didn't mean to kill him" Cabbie mowed down (News)
• Related: Manslaughter charges filed (Post)
• Staten Island, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck (Advance)
• Queens, N.Y.: Teen driver runs down pedestrian (Post)
• Copiague, L.I.: Driver loses control, parents dead in crash (Newsday) 
• Southhampton, L.I.: Elderly driver loses control (Newsday)
• Southhampton, L.I.: Pedestrian struck (Newsday)
• Lake Success, L.I.: Man killed in tow truck accident (Newsday)
• Greenburgh, N.Y.: One dead, one hurt on Bronx River Pkwy, below (Journal News)
• Stratford, Conn.:  Car goes airborne, driver killed (Newsday)
• Manchester, Conn.: Man loses control on interstate (Courant)
• Guilford, Conn.: Woman loses control on interstate (Courant)
• Middletown, Conn.: Pedestrian struck crossing road (Courant)
• Windsor, Conn.: Teen killed in crash (Courant)
• Hartford, Conn.: Teen killed in crash (Courant)
• Cromwell, Conn.: Car found in ravine, two dead (Courant)
• Monroe Township, N.J.: Couple killed in motorcycle crash (Newsday)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Jersey City, N.J.: Two cars in accident, strike street light, above (Jersey Journal)
• New York, N.Y.: Woman hit by Chinatown bus (NYT, Post, AMNY, News)
• Brooklyn, N.Y.: Two pedestrians hit at same intersection within 90 min. (News)
• Related: Intersection is notoriously confusing and chaotic (Newsday)
• New York, N.Y.: Boy critically injured, struck by ambulette (Post, NYT)
• Queens, N.Y.: Police officer struck (Newsday)
• Westhampton: Ladder falls off van, injures 10 in school bus (Newsday)
• Eastchester, N.Y.: Off-duty EMT rescues driver from Bronx River (Review Press)
• Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Two injured in crash (Journal News)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Officer struck during traffic stop (Journal News)
• New Rochelle, N.Y.: Jeep crashes into storefront (Journal News)
• White Plains, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck (Journal News)
• New City, N.Y.: Officer seriously hurt in crash (Journal News)
• New City, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck by drunk driver (Journal News)
• Newburgh, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck crossing the highway (Journal News)
• North Castle, N.Y.: Ambulette flips, eight injured (Journal News) 
• Linden, N.J.: Bus crashes into Christmas tree lot (Star-Ledger)
• Jersey City, N.J: SUV strikes commuter train (Jersey Journal)
• Bedminster, N.J.: Six injured in crash with tractor trailer (Star-Ledger)
• Brick, N.J.: Teens run red light, hit by school bus, four injured (Newsday)

Following Up

• New York, N.Y.: One day of jail and probation for crash that maimed cop (News)
• New City, N.Y.: Six months jail for drunk driving that killed cop (Journal News)
• Queens, N.Y.: Victim in DWI crash was father of a cop (News)
• Bayville, L.I..: Funeral set for woman killed by rock falling out of truck (Newsday)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Charges against teen dropped (Journal News)
• Related: Opinion, Graduated licenses could save lives (LoHud.com)

Trends

• Nassau County, L.I.: Souzzi pledges DWI busts over holiday weekend (Newsday)
• New Jersey: State police pledge DWI crackdown (Star-Ledger)
• Rochester, N.Y.: Legislator proposes ban on texting while driving (Newsday)
• Staten Island, N.Y.: Councilman proposes ban on nitrous oxide tanks (Advance)
• Suffolk County, L.I.: Seat-belt crackdown (Newsday)
• Connecticut: Governor forms task force on teen driving (Courant)
• Costa Mesa, Cali.: Jogger struck by car wins $50M settlement (Newsday)
• Knoxville, Tenn.: Arrest for shooting red light camera, A.P. (Newsday) (Courant)

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