The Weekly Carnage
L.I. Driver Dead as Airborne Crash Hits Second Floor (NY Post) Two Friends Fighting by Side of Van Wyck Are Killed (Newsday) L.I. Motorist Kills Nephew (NY Post) Crash in Woodbridge, N.J., Kills 2 and Injures 2 (NYT) A Third Person Dies in Woodbridge Crash (NYT) Pals Lived and Died Together (Star-Leger) N.Y. Soldier Dies in Arizona Traffic Accident (AP via Newsday) … Continued
9:00 AM EDT on September 15, 2006

- L.I. Driver Dead as Airborne Crash Hits Second Floor (NY Post)
- Two Friends Fighting by Side of Van Wyck Are Killed (Newsday)
- L.I. Motorist Kills Nephew (NY Post)
- Crash in Woodbridge, N.J., Kills 2 and Injures 2 (NYT)
- A Third Person Dies in Woodbridge Crash (NYT)
- Pals Lived and Died Together (Star-Leger)
- N.Y. Soldier Dies in Arizona Traffic Accident (AP via Newsday)
- Woman Loses Fetus After Driver Runs Red Light (Newsday)
- Bronx Man Dancing in Street Killed by Bus (1010 WINS)
- N.J. Mom Killed, Kids Hurt in Car Crash (Star-Ledger)
- L.I. Teen Dies and 3 Injured as Car Hits Utility Pole (Newsday)
- Man, 72, Killed Crossing L.I. Street When Hit by Jeep (Newsday)
- Man Guilty in Fiery, Fatal L.I. Hit-and-Run of July ’05 (Newsday)
- L.I. Mom Testifies About Death of Daughter, 7, in DWI Trial (Newsday)
- 11 Students Hospitalized After School Bus Crash (Conn. Post)
- L.I. Girl, 5, Out for Ice Cream Critically Injured (Newsday)
- 2 Dead in Separate Brooklyn Motorcycle Accidents (Newsday)
- Woman Injured in I-95 Crash (Conn. Post)
- 5 Injured in N.J. When Van Runs Onto Sidewalk (Star-Ledger)
- Fiery Truck Crash in Bay Ridge Shuts Gowanus Expressway (NY1)
- Quick Rescue on Fiery Crash on Gowanus Expressway (NYT)
- Man Charged With Killing 10 Needn’t Attend His Trial (AP via Newsday)
- Car Crash Causes Power Outage in Connecticut (Conn. Post)
- Bus Crash Causes Power Outage on Staten Island (NY1)
- Trucker Avoids Homicide Charge in Fatal N.J. Turnpike Crash (Star-Ledger)
- 1928 Cloverleaf’s Luck Has Run Out (Star-Ledger)
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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