The Weekly Carnage
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)
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