The Weekly Carnage
7:59 AM EST on November 3, 2006

- Manhattan: Boy, 16, Mowed Down on Highway (Daily News)
- Related Heartless Hack Knew He Hit Kid – Passenger (Daily News)
- Middletown, N.J.: 2 Dead in Crash Involving School Bus (Star-Ledger)
- Woodbridge, N.J.: Chlorine Tanker Flip Closes Turnpike Exit (Star-Ledger)
- Queens: 1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Truck Horror (Daily News)
- United States: SUV Fatalities Are on a Roll (Star-Ledger)
- Clarkstown, N.Y.: SUV Crahses Into Dining Room (Journal News)
- Manhattan: Speed Demon’s Temper Cost Teen Her Life (Post)
- Related: Girl Not Wearing Seatbelt in SUV Flip – Cops (Newsday)
- Goldens Bridge, N.Y.: Crash Kills Former Art Director, 89 (Journal News)
- East Northport, L.I.: Woman Run Over by Her Own Car (Newsday)
- Manhattan: Truck Kills Pedestrian in Midtown (Post)
- Bronx: Cop Hit by Car in Armed Bandit Bust (Daily News)
- Manhattan: $29.5M Payout for Dwarf Struck by Speeding Hack (Daily News)
- Elmont, L.I.: 7.5 to 15 Years for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed (Newsday)
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Man Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run, Spared Jail (Journal News)
- Syosset, L.I.: 1 Dead in LIE Crash (Newsday)
- Centerport, L.I.: Man, 62, Killed in Wrong-Way Crash (Newsday)
- Bronx & Manhattan: Buses Hit 2 – 1 Fatally (Post)
- Related: Mystery Driver Cleared in Run-Down Death (Post)
- Queens: Pickup Hits Cruiser and DWI Suspect Crashes (Post: 2nd & 4th items)
- Queens: Woman, 81, Critically Injured by Truck (Post: scroll)
- Brooklyn: School Bus Sideswipes Ticket-Writing Officer (Post)
- Peekskill, N.Y.: Vehicle Hits Pedestrian (Journal News)
- Willingboro, N.J.: 15 Injured as School Bus Hits Car (Newsday)
- Somers, N.Y.: Driver Who Killed Pedestrian Was Speeding (Journal News)
- West Babylon, L.I.: Motorcyclist Dead After Collision With Car (Newsday)
- East Haven, Conn.: Fiery Crash Kills Man, 20 (AP via Newsday)
- Related: Family, Friends Mourn I-95 Crash Victim (N.H. Register)
- East Moriches, L.I.: Mom Held in DWI Car Crash (Newsday)
- Manhattan: Cops Dealing With Crash Deliver Baby (Newsday)
- Babylon, L.I.: Arrest Made in Police Chase (Newsday)
- Garden City, L.I.: Driver on Sleeping Pills Hits Officer (Newsday)
- Spring Valley, N.Y.: Driver Seriously Injured in Car Crash (Journal News)
- White Plains, N.Y.: Multi-Car Pileup Cleared From I-287 (Journal News)
- Greenburgh, N.Y.: Three Charged With Drunken Driving (Journal News)
- Cortlandt, N.Y.: Three Others Charged With Drunken Driving (Journal News)
- Upstate N.Y.: Moose Are Back, Just Ask Drivers (AP via NYT)
- Stony Point, N.Y.: In Car Vs. Deer Crashes, Everybody Loses (Journal News)
- Warren, Conn.: Farm to Employ People with Brain Injuries (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.
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