The Weekly Carnage

This is the debut of a new Streetsblog feature called "The Weekly Carnage." Every Friday morning we will tally up and present the previous week's motor vehicle mayhem throughout the region -- deaths, injuries and property destruction. It's a grim accounting but we feel like someone's got to do it.

• Staten Island Man Dies in Wrong-Way Crash on L.I. (Aftermath Above) (Newsday)
• No Charges Filed in Wrong-Way Crash (Newsday)
• Tomahawk Missle in Bronx Accident Was Unarmed (Gothamist)
• Girl, 15, Killed by Sleeping Hummer Driver (Newsday)
• No Charges for the Crash, but Driver Had Pled Guilty to Usury (NYT)
• 1 Dead, 4 Hospitalized in Taconic Parkway SUV rollover (Daily Freeman) 
• Man Killed in Hit-and-Run at 28th & Third (NY Post)
• 1 Dead, 3 Injured in Three-Car Pileup on NJ Turnpike (Newark Star-Ledger)
• New Palz Mother Dies but Son, 4 Survives (RecordOnline)
• Brooklyn Father, 41, Dies in N.J. Crash, Son Injured (Daily Record)
• N.J. Teen Charged After Fatal SUV Crash in North Carolina (Wilson Daily)
• Man Killed, Woman Injured in Syosset (Newsday)
• Driver, 65, Dies After Hitting Light Pole (Newsday)
• Fireman Hit by Cab Has Leg Amputated (Daily News) 
• Hempstead Man Badly Injured in Accident (Newsday)
• Bridgeport Man Charged After Car Chase Ends in Crash (Conn. Post)
• Friends Mourn Priest Police Say Was Killed by Drunken Driver (AP via Daily News)
• Driver Who Killed Synagogue-Bound Woman Was Drunk (Hartford Courant)
• DUI Charges in Crash that Injured 3 (Conn. Post)
• 100-MPH Parolee Hits Hydrant, Injures Wife, Tries to Bribe Cops (NY Post)
• 1 Injured as Milk Truck and 18-Wheeler Collide (Jersey Journal)
• SUV Crashes Into Parked Car in Hoboken (Hudson Reporter, 2nd item)
• Bridgeport Mayor, Parking City-Owned SUV, Scrapes Car (Conn. Post)  

(Photo by Jack Healy for Newsday)