Carnage

The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

9:11 AM EST on December 22, 2006

Fatal Crashes (11 Deaths This Week)

Greenlawn, L.I.: Body of Man, 26, Discovered in Burning Vehicle (Newsday)
Queens: Congressman Crowley Aide, 74, Kills Friend in Crash (NY Post)
Related: Aide Facing DWI Charges (Daily News)
Related: Family Won’t Hold Driver Responsible for DWI Death (Daily News)
Queens: 12-Year-Old Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
Related: Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run Fatality (NYT)
Queens: Teacher in Grave Condition After Being Run Over (Daily News)
Related: Teacher Dies, Driver Weeps (Daily News)
Related: A Bad Place to Advertise a Car (Streetsblog)
Bronx: Yonkers Woman, Applying Makeup, Hits a Tree (Daily News)
Manhattan: Florida Woman, 22, Killed by Sanitation Truck (Daily News)
Painted Post, N.Y.: Driver Dies as Truck Plunges From Overpass (Newsday)
White Twp., N.J.: 2 Men Die in Crash With Pole (Star-Ledger)
Goldens Bridge, N.Y.: Woman, 24, Veers Into Oncoming Car (Journal News)
Related: Piecing Together the Puzzle (Journal News)
Greenburgh, N.Y.: Yonkers Man Killed on Errand (Journal News)

Injuries & Property Damage

Hauppauge, L.I.: Marine Rescues Driver From Burning Car (Newsday)
Pearl River, N.Y.: Car Crashes Into Store After Gas Pedal Mix-Up (Journal News)
Bronx: Yonkers Cabbie Leads Cops on Chase (WABC 7)
Port Washington, L.I.: Child Injured in Hit-Run, Driver Turns Self In (Newsday)
Staten Island: 2 Off-Duty Cops Crash SUV, Pin Selves (S.I. Advance)
Westport, Conn.: Family Escapes SUV Rollover (Westport News)
Staten Island: Man Busted for Flipping SUV and Lying to Cops (S.I. Advance)
Stratford, Conn.: Man Hit by Car in Critical Condition (Conn. Post)
Rye Brook, N.Y.: Driver in Rollover May Have Blacked Out (Journal News)
Chappaqua, N.Y.: 2 Hurt in Head-On Collision (Journal News)

Following Up

Nassau County: Wrong-Way Driver Acquitted of Depraved Indifference (Newsday)
Staten Island: $4 Million for 2004 Drag-Race Victim (S.I. Advance)
New City, N.Y.: Hit-Run Victim’s Kin Win $1 Million From Driver (Journal News)
Eastchester, N.Y.: Shoppers Shocked After Parking Lot Fatality (Journal News)
Greenwich, Conn.: Man Charged With Negligent Homicide (Stamford Advocate)
Newark: Officer Is Remembered as Dedicated Public Servant (Star-Ledger)
Greenwich, Conn.: Brain Injury Remains, 20 Years Later (Stamford Advocate)
Manhattan: Toy Drive for Woman Killed in Crash Moves (S.I. Advance)
Related: Killer Cabby Doesn’t Say ‘I’m Sorry’ for June Crash (NY Post)

Trend

NYC: Drunken Driving Arrests Jump 11% (Daily News)

About the Weekly Carnage

(Photo by David Kolodny / 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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