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

• Traffic-Related Law Enforcement Deaths On Rise (AP via Newsday)
• Hudson Valley: Distractions Cited in 1,374 Crashes in 3 Counties (Journal News) 

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