The Weekly Carnage
10:10 AM EDT on October 13, 2006
The tragic deaths of New York Yankee’s pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor grabbed the headlines this week, but meanwhile, some two dozen people were killed on the region’s roads.
- Chester, N.Y.: Fandango Founder and Wife Die, Baby Hurt in Crash (Daily News)
- Shokan, N.Y.: 3 Killed, 4 Hurt in Head-On Crash (AP via Newsday)
- Mount Sinai, L.I.: Driver Kills 1 in DWI Hit-and-Run, Cops Say (Newsday)
- Manhattan: 2 Pedestrians Killed in Separate Incidents (Daily News)
- Brooklyn: Man Is Forced Into Highway and Hit by Car (NYT)
- Queens: Boy in Critical, Horse Killed in Taxi Collision (Newsday)
- Dix Hills, L.I.: Student Council President, 17, Hits Tree and Dies (Newsday)
- Related: Grief Over Death of Student Leader (Newsday)
- Bronx: Wife Dies in Flat-Fix Tragedy on the Major Deegan (NY Post)
- Brentwood, L.I.: Man Walking Bicycle Struck and Killed (Newsday)
- North Plainfield, N.J.: Morning Crash Kills a Pedestrian (Star-Ledger)
- Levittown, L.I.: Pedestrian, 77, Killed Off Hempstead Turnpike (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Driver Is Killed in Car Crash (NYT)
- Centereach, L.I.: Crash Claims Life of 19-Year-Old (Newsday)
- Clinton, N.J.: Truck Driver Dies in Route 78 Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Old Bridge, N.J.: Crash With Cruiser Kills Limo Driver (Star-Ledger)
- East Farmingdale, L.I.: Man Hit by Taxi Dies (Newsday)
- Greenwich, Conn.: Bus Driver in Critical After I-95 Crash (Stamford Advocate)
- Related: Relatives Mourn ‘A Pillar in the Community’ (Stamford Advocate)
- Yonkers: Hit-and-Run Crash Kills Ossining Man (Journal News)
- Hicksville, L.I.: Woman Dies From Injuries Sustained in Crash (Newsday)
- Valley Stream, L.I.: Rampaging Driver Hits Cars, Knocks Out Power (Newsday)
- Somers, N.Y.: Driver Flips Car, Charged With DWI and Assault (Journal News)
- Farmingdale, L.I.: Police Say Drunk Motorcyclist Set Off Fatal Crash (Newsday)
- Calverton, L.I.: Tanker Truck Overturns on LIE Exit Ramp (Newsday)
- East Meadow, L.I.: Officers Pull Cop From Burning, Wrecked Cruiser (Newsday)
- Harrison, N.Y.: Pedestrian Injured by Car (Journal News)
- Interstate 87: Cop Hurt and Cruiser Hit in Separate Crashes (Journal News)
- Spring Valley, N.Y.: Cops Arrest Man for Fleeing Crash (Journal News)
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Crash on I-95 Leaves Several Hurt (Journal News)
- Manhattan: Napping Kid, 8, Kidnapped by SUV Thief (NY Post)
- Jersey City: Philly Rapper Cassidy Remains in Critical After Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Ramapo, N.Y.: Steat Belt Saves Driver’s Life in SUV Rollover (Journal News)
- Mineola, L.I.: Bellerose Woman Arrested for DWI With Son in Car (Newsday)
(Photo from the Daily News)
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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