The Weekly Carnage
This week we have two separate instances of children killed horsing around on the street. Kids, be careful out there. Also, it seems like we've had a lot of bus crashes lately.
11:46 AM EDT on September 8, 2006
This week we have two separate instances of children killed horsing around on the street. Kids, be careful out there. Also, it seems like we’ve had a lot of bus crashes lately.
- Queens Woman, 67, Killed in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
- Boy, 13, on Way to School Seriously Injured by Bus in Queens (NYT)
- Playful Shove Nearly Cost the Boy His Life (Newsday)
- Boy, 11, Is Killed Crossing Street in Brooklyn (Daily News)
- Boy, 11, Horsing Around, Is Killed by a Bus in Queens (Daily News)
- Mother Cries in Agony Upon Visiting Roadside Memorial (Daily News)
- 1 Killed, 3 Injured in Brooklyn Crash (NYT)
- Boy Killed by Fire Truck in Elmhurst, Queens (Newsday)
- Church Mourns Loss of Boy, 5, Hit by Fire Truck (Newsday)
- Car Crashes Into Garbage Truck, Killing Woman (Newsday)
- Off-Duty Connecticut Officer Dies in One-Car Accident (Stam. Advocate)
- Rig Flips on Gowanus, Killing 1 and Injuring 1 (Daily News)
- Long Island’s Crash-Prone Route 110 to Be Widened (NYT)
- Officer Paralyzed by ATV Receives $14.5 Million (Newsday)
- Car Ploughs Into Bridgeport Students as Driver Loses Control (Conn. Post)
- 23 Hurt as Bus and Truck Collide (AP via Newsday)
- Parents Seek SUV Safety Changes (Newsday)
- 34 Hurt When Fung Wah Bus Rolls Over (AP via Newsday)
- Speed Cited as a Factor in Rollover (NY1)
- Fung Wah Manager Defends Company After Crash Hurts 34 (NY1)
- Man Hit by Van Critical at Hospital (Daily News)
- Was Deadly Wrong-Way DWI Crash a Murder? (Newsday)
- Alcohol Not a Factor in Adirondack Northway Bus Crash (AP via Newsday)
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.
Read More:
More from Streetsblog New York City
Some of NYC’s Worst Super Speeders Are City Marshals (You Know, The Guys With Badges)
They get justice for private citizens — yet they endanger them at the same time.
November 6, 2026
Mamdani Administration Battling Yet Another Suit By Delivery Apps Fighting Worker Protections
Uber, Instacart and Amazon are suing the city over a law that would force them to be more transparent when they remove workers from their platforms.
November 6, 2026
OPINION: New York City’s Trash Revolution Should Be an Accessibility Revolution, Too
The city has a rare chance to solve two major problems at once.
November 6, 2026
Friday’s Headlines: MTA Tin Cup Edition
The MTA hopes a Democratic Congress means more money for New York City straphangers. Plus more news.
November 6, 2026
Sunset Park Blaze Kills 6 As Lithium-ion Battery Fire Crisis Rages On
The city is experiencing a huge increase in fires caused by the lithium-ion batteries that power the delivery boom. A Thursday fire may be linked.
November 5, 2026