Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines, 8/15/06

Four Die on Jersey Turnpike as Truck Slams Into Cars (NYT) Three-Year-Old Survives Horrific Turnpike Wreck That Kills Family (Daily News) Officer Killed by Firefighter’s S.U.V., Police Say (NYT) Drunken Firefighter Kills Off-Duty Cop After 5-mile Road-Rage Run (Daily News) Newark: Bus Driver in Rail Crash Suspended (NYT) NYPD Tests Out 150 mph Muscle Car (Daily News) DOT … Continued

By Aaron Naparstek

11:26 AM EDT on August 15, 2006

Four Die on Jersey Turnpike as Truck Slams Into Cars (NYT)
Three-Year-Old Survives Horrific Turnpike Wreck That Kills Family (Daily News)
Officer Killed by Firefighter’s S.U.V., Police Say (NYT)
Drunken Firefighter Kills Off-Duty Cop After 5-mile Road-Rage Run (Daily News)
Newark: Bus Driver in Rail Crash Suspended (NYT)
NYPD Tests Out 150 mph Muscle Car (Daily News)
DOT Overriding Community Boards in Favor of Bike Lanes (Oil Drum)
America’s First Bike Path Gets a $3.4 Million Renovation (NY Post)
Second-hottest July on Record (Sierra Compass)

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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