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The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

9:20 AM EST on December 29, 2006

Fatal Crashes (18 Dead This Week)

Port Jefferson Station, L.I.: Teen Kills Passenger, Charged With DWI (Newsday)
Related: Bereaved Uncle Forgives Driver – ‘Just a Terrible Accident’ (NY Post)
Related: Driver Out on $150K Bail, Victim’s Mom Outraged (Newsday)
Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island: 3 Peds, 1 Passenger Die in 4 Crashes (Newsday)
Related: 3 Crashes Claim 3 Lives; 2 Arrested (NYT)
Farmingdale, L.I.: Man Fleeing Police Crashes Into House, Kills Occupant (NYT)
Stratford, N.J.: 16-Year-Old Steals SUV, Crashes It (AP via Newsday)
Staten Island: Woman, 20, Killed in Hit-and-Run in Front of Beau (Daily News)
Related: Manhunt for Driver; Victim Had Survived Cancer (S.I. Advance)
Bronx: Gas Station Employee Killed Crossing Expressway for Change (Daily News)
Long Valley, N.J.: 2 Teens Killed, 2 Hurt in Collision With Tree (Star-Ledger)
Related: Mourners Recall Victim, 16 (Star-Ledger)
East Rockaway, L.I.: Driver Charged With DWI in Fatal Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
Staten Island: Man, 26, Dies After SUV Hit-and-Run (S.I. Advance)
Brooklyn: Woman, 56, Killed by SUV in Hit-and-Run; Driver Charged (Daily News)
Queens: Off-Duty Officer Collides With Street Sweeper (WABC 7)
Norwalk, Conn.: Father, 38, Killed in Head-On Collision (Stamford Advocate)
Related: Autopsy Shows Driver Had a Heart Attack (Stamford Advocate)
Woolrich Twp., N.J.: 1 Dead as Greyhound and Car Collide (Newsday)
Ansonia, Conn.: 86-Year-Old Man Leaving Wake Hit by SUV (Waterbury Rep-Am)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Valley Stream, L.I.: SUV Rolls Over, No Serious Injuries (Newsday)
Brooklyn: Escalade Driver Cuts Off, Beats, Shoots Lexus Driver (Daily News)
Fairfield, Conn.: Gasoline Tanker Driver Gawking at Crash Crashes (Conn. Post)
Bronx: Access-a-Ride Van Driver Charged in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
Stafford, N.J.: Men Throw Beverage at Vehicle, Crash Follows (Asbury Park Press)
Garden State Parkway: 5 Injured as SUV Rolls Over Multiple Times (Star-Ledger)
Uniondale, L.I.: Driver Charged After Hitting Cars and Pedestrian (Newsday)
Hempstead, L.I.: Passenger Thrown 5 Feet, Driver Charged (Newsday)
Staten Island: Man, 81, Badly Injured in Collision (S.I. Advance)
Cornwall, N.Y.: Driver Runs Off Road, Sustains Head Injuries (Journal News)
Elmsford, N.Y.: Good Samaritan Clipped by Speeder, Hospitalized (Journal News)
Queens: Baggage Vehicle Gets Stuck Under Plane at La Guardia (AP via Fox)
Essex Fells, N.J.: Jogger, 48, Injured in Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
Kingwood, N.J.: 5 Children Injured as Bus Runs Off Road (Star-Ledger)
Patterson, N.Y.: Teen Gets DWI Charge After Crash (Journal News)
Hutchinson River Parkway: 8 Crashes in a Chain Reaction (Journal News)
Yonkers: Van Carrying 10 Hangs Off Embankment (Journal News)

Following Up

Westchester: DWI-Slay Mom Gets a Deal (AP via NY Post)
Brooklyn: Sara Robbins, 54, One of 3 NYC Pedestrians Killed per Week (NYT)
Queens: ‘DWI Granny’ Leaves Hospital (NY Post)
Jersey City: Remembering 2 Cops Who Died in ’05 Bridge Plunge (Newsday)
Staten Island: Woman Hit by Car Wins $110,000 (S.I. Advance)
Bronx: Probe Continues in Crash That Killed Yonkers Woman (Journal News)
Somers: Delays Continue in Fatal Crash Case (Journal News)

Trends

(Photos: Top: James Carbone / Newsday; Bottom: Lou Minutoli / 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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