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)
