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The Weekly Carnage – Belated Edition

Sorry for posting this later than usual. This week, the Nassau County district attorney won a rare murder conviction against a DWI driver in a trial that received a lot of attention. "We would hope that this verdict sends a message that if you drink and drive and kill someone, you will be prosecuted for murder," the D.A. told the Times. Meanwhile, Suffolk County prosecutors decided not to prosecute a woman alleged to be drunk when she fatally struck a priest in East Hampton.

By Aaron Donovan

8:29 PM EDT on October 20, 2006

Sorry for posting this later than usual. This week, the Nassau County district attorney won a rare murder conviction against a DWI driver in a trial that received a lot of attention. “We would hope that this verdict sends a message that if you drink and drive and kill someone, you will be prosecuted for murder,” the D.A. told the Times. Meanwhile, Suffolk County prosecutors decided not to prosecute a woman alleged to be drunk when she fatally struck a priest in East Hampton.

Staten Island: Nude Wrong-Way Speeder Kills Pedestrian (S.I. Advance)
Related: No Headlights Driver Says She Was on Ecstasy (S.I. Advance)
Mineola, L.I.: Driver Who Hit Limo in 2005 Is Convicted of Murder (NYT)
Related: Jury Members Almost Came to Blows (Newsday)
East Hampton, L.I.: Prosecutors Will Not Seek Murder Conviction (Newsday)
New Haven: SUV Critically Injures Officer Directing Traffic (N.H. Register)
Related: SUV Driver Is a Senior Federal Judge (N.H. Register)
Related: SUV Driver Is President Bush’s Cousin (AP via Newsday)
Edison, N.J.: 3 Killed as Camry Collides With Tractor-Trailer (Star-Ledger)
Lopatcong, N.J.: 2 Killed as Chevy Crosses Median and Hits Jeep (Star-Ledger)
Brooklyn: Hit-and-Run Leaves 1 Dead and Teacher Clinging to Life (Daily News)
Bronx: Grandfather Mowed Down by Hit-and-Run Driver (Daily News)
Queens: Man, 31, Dies in Crash on Grand Central Parkway (Newsday)
Centereach, L.I.: Man, 25, Killed Trying to Pass Another Car (Newsday)
Shelton, Conn.: Man, 21, Dies After Hitting Tree (New Haven Register)
Atlantic City Expressway: Woman, 42, Killed as Van Flips (Star-Ledger)
Medford, L.I.: Motorcyclist, 20, Killed in Collision with SUV (Newsday)
Bardonia, N.Y.: Pedestrian, 36, in Critical Condition (Journal News)
N.J. Turnpike: 2 Officers Injured as Tractor-Trailer Rams Vehicle (Star-Ledger)
Spring Valley, N.Y.: Multi-Car Crash Outside Police Station (Journal News)
Somers, N.Y.: Driver in Critical After Downing Power Lines (Journal News)
Yonkers: Bronx Woman Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run (Journal News)
Related: Charges Upgraded in Crash That Killed Football Player (Journal News)
Stony Point, N.Y.: Man Extricated From SUV on Its Side (Journal News)
Yonkers: Several Injuries in 2 Crashes on Sprain (Journal News)
Newark: Family of Woman Killed in SUV Crash Sues City (Star-Ledger)
Editorial: Get a Grip on the Carnage (Newsday)

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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