The Weekly Carnage
9:17 AM EST on January 12, 2007
Fatal Crashes & Incidents (23 Dead This Week; 28 Dead This Year)
- Freehold, N.J.: 3 High School Students and Van Driver Die in Fiery Wreck (NYT)
- Related: Grief Comes to High School After Crash (NYT)
- Related: Son of Van Driver Visits Young Victims’ School (Star-Ledger)
- Patterson, N.Y.: Brewster High School Student, 16, Killed in Crash (Journal News)
- Related: Grief Comes to High School After Crash (Journal News)
- Related: Students Gather at Fatal Crash Site (Journal News)
- Related: Lessons Come Hard and Fast When Teens Are Drivers (Journal News)
- Queens: Off-Duty Corrections Officer Kills Man in Traffic Dispute (NYT)
- Tuxedo, N.Y.: Boyfriend and Girlfriend Die as SUV Flips Into Lake (Journal News)
- Greenburgh, N.Y.: Iraq Veteran, 25, Dies in Car Crash (Journal News)
- Related: Former Soldier Remembered by Friends and Family (Journal News)
- Related: Man May Have Been Speeding (Journal News)
- Union County, N.J.: Single Vehicle Crashes Kill 2 (Star-Ledger)
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Vernon, N.J.: Pickup Truck Driver Kills His Mother (Star-Ledger)
- Queens: Woman, 74, Struck by SUV (AM NY)
- Brooklyn: Woman Struck Dead Crossing Intersection (Daily News)
- Elizabeth, N.J.: 1 Dies in 4-Car Wreck (WABC)
- Florham Park, N.J.: At Least 1 Dead in Tanker Crash (WABC)
- Mt. Olive, N.J.: Truck Knocks SUV Into Path of Pickup (Star-Ledger)
- Rocky Point, L.I.: Man, 73, Loses Control, Hits Parked Car (Newsday)
- Central Islip, L.I.: Man, 20, Loses Control, Hits a Tree (Newsday)
- Smithtown, L.I.: Woman, 19, Loses Control, Hits Bridge Abutment (Newsday)
- Rockaway Twp., N.J.: Man Has Heart Attack on Way to Oil Change (Star-Ledger)
- Rockaway Twp., N.J.: Teen Dies, Cousin Charged With DWI (Star-Ledger)
- Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: Motorcyclist Killed on Cross County Parkway (Journal News)
Injuries & Arrests
- New Milford, N.J.: Soldier Back From Iraq Dragged Half-Mile by Car (AP)
- Garnerville, N.Y.: Two Girls Struck by Car, One in Critical (Journal News)
- Queens: Speeding Car Rams Bus Carrying Disabled Adults (Daily News)
- Staten Island: Teen Drives 100 MPH, Charged With Drinking (S.I. Advance)
- Toms River, N.J.: Driver Eluding Police Injures Young Woman (Star-Ledger)
- Tarrytown, N.Y.: Pedestrian in Critical After Being Struck (Journal News)
- Yorktown, N.Y.: Las Vegas Man Crashes Car and Faces DWI (Journal News)
Following Up
- Knowlton, N.J.: After Father’s Death, Children Have Angels (Star-Ledger)
- Staten Island: The Heartbreak of a Hit-and-Run (S.I. Advance)
- Newark: Sleepy Motorist Convicted of Killing 2 Teenagers (Star-Ledger)
- Upper Twp., N.J.: Trooper Who Killed 2 Teens Was Chasing Suspect (Newsday)
- Related: Man May Have Bragged About Eluding Police (AP via Newsday)
- Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.: Ex-Cop Gets 5 Years for 5-Car Wreck (Star-Ledger)
- Somers, N.Y.: Man Pleads Guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide (Journal News)
- Farmingdale, L.I.: Family Sues 2 Counties Over Fatal Crash (Newsday)
- Related Fatal Chase Began With Hi-Five (Newsday)
- Raleigh, N.C.: Police Response to Fatal Crash Called Proper (Newsday)
- Yorktown, N.Y.: Mom Pleads Guilty to Killing Daughter’s Friend (Journal News)
(Photos: Top 2: Mel Evans/Associated Press via NYT; Bottom, The Journal News)
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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