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The Weekly Carnage

9:11 AM EDT on August 11, 2006

After missing a week because of my visit to an undisclosed location, I am returning to present the second installment of the Weekly Carnage.

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  •  Teenager Killed on N.J. Turnpike Was a Fashion Model (Star-Ledger)
  •  Heather Bratton Memorial Site
  •  Non-Cop Crown Victoria Inflicts Season Ending Injury on Mets' Pitcher (Gothamist) 
  •  Bike Messenger, 20, Dies in Collision With Truck (Daily News) 
  •  10-Year-Old Cyclist Killed When Hit by Car in Brooklyn (Daily News)
  •  Mom Will Still Cheer for Son's Baseball Team (Daily News)
  •  6-Year-Old Clings to Life After Brooklyn SUV Crash (NY1)
  •  She Died in the Hospital; No Charges Filed (NY1)
  •  N.J. Girl Kills Mother During Driving Lesson (Fox News)
  •  Driver Charged After Pedestrian Is Killed in West Midtown (Gothamist)
  •  Man Killed, Thrown Into Creek by SUV (Saratogian)
  •  Sleeping L.I. Driver Kills Self in Crash With Tree (WNBC)
  •  SUV Driver Possibly on Phone Killed After Running Red Light (Star-Ledger)
  •  2 N.J. Residents Killed in Minivan Rollover in Upstate N.Y. (NBC10)
  •  Tow Truck Driver Killed on N.J. Turnpike (1010 WINS)
  •  Manhattan Dog Walker Hit by Car in 2000 Still Lives in Rehab Center (Naples News)
  •  SUV Breaks Shoulder of 4-Year-Old Tourist; Witness Blames the Kid (NYPost)
  •  2 Fort Drum Children in Critical After Car Accident in N.J. (WWTI)
  •  4 Adults, 2 Children Injured on I-95 (NY1)
  •  17-Year-Old Hits Utility Pole, Causing Power Outage (Darien Times)
  •  Tractor-Trailer Shuts Down I-95 Near New Haven (AP via Boston Globe) 
  •  14-Mile Backup After Truck Spills Gas on N.J. Turnpike (WCBS)
  •  Mike Praises Fireman Who Lost Leg in Car Crash (Daily News)
    • Aaron Donovan
    Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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