The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (9 Killed This Week; 39 Killed This Year)
9:35 AM EST on January 19, 2007
Fatal Crashes (9 Killed This Week; 39 Killed This Year)
- Winslow, N.J.: Father and Daughter, 8, Hit While Riding Go-Cart (AP/Newsday)
- Suffolk County: Separate Crashes Kill 2 Men (Newsday)
- Newark: Driver Dies Fleeing Police (Star-Ledger)
- Related: His Passenger Later Dies (Star-Ledger, 2nd item)
- Brentwood, L.I.: Pedestrian, 69, Hit by VW (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: Livery Driver Killed in Bensonhurst (Daily News)
- Chester, N.J.: Man, 53, Dies in Head-On Collision (Star-Ledger)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Patterson, N.Y.: 3 Teens Injured in One-Car Wreck (Journal News)
- Newark: More than a Dozen Injured in Van Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Brooklyn: 7 Hurt When School Bus Overturns (NY Post)
- Brooklyn: School Bus Crashes Into Brownstone (WABC)
- Greenvale, L.I.: Suozzi Vehicle Runs Red Light, Hits a Jeep (Newsday)
- Related: Suozzi Blames Use of Siren for Wreck (Daily News)
- Related: Suozzi Says He’s Sorry (Newsday)
- Related: Vehicles With Emergency Lights Often Run Risks (Newsday)
- Port Washington, L.I.: Car Flips, Catches Fire, Occupants Flee (Newsday)
- Queens: Officer Dragged as SUV Flees Investigation (Gothamist)
- West Babylon, L.I.: Girl, 15, Undergoes Heart Surgery After Crash (Newsday)
- Nanuet, N.Y.: School Bus Driver Loses Control, Breaks Leg (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Man on Probation for Crash Arrested for DWI (S.I. Advance)
- Pearl River, N.Y.: Car Crashes Into CVS (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Cop Injured in Wild Chase of Reckless Driver (S.I. Advance)
- Armonk, N.Y.: SUV Rolls Over, Driver Hospitalized (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Car Crashes Into Stone Wall, 3 Injured (S.I. Advance)
- Brooklyn: 3 Hurt as Car and Fire Truck Collide (WABC)
- Staten Island: Car Hits Utility Pole, Toppling Wires (S.I. Advance)
- Millwood, N.Y.: Driver, in Serious Condition, Charged With DWI (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Crash on New One-Way Street Echoes Warnings (S.I. Advance)
- Mastic, L.I.: Van Catches Fire, Homeless Man Hospitalized (Newsday)
Following Up
- Freehold, N.J.: Autopsies Show Blunt Impact Killed 4 (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Victims Remembered (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Editorial: Do More to Prevent Teen Driving Tragedies (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Columnist: The Truth About Teens and Cars (Star-Ledger)
- Related: N.J. May Open Teens Driving Records to Parents (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Editorial: Teen Driver Safety (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Teens Have Little Fear of Tougher Driving Laws, Many Say (Star-Ledger)
- Parsippany, N.J.: High School Student to Be Buried in Honduras* (Star-Ledger)
- Brewster, N.Y.: Family and Friends Recall High School Student (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Kin of DOT Worker Killed on Job Decry Plea Deal (S.I. Advance)
- Greenburgh, N.Y.: Man Struck by Car Dies of Injuries* (Journal News)
- Elmsford, N.Y.: Friends Recall Iraq Veteran (Journal News)
- L.I. Expressway: DWI Driver, 27, Gets 5 to 15 for Fatal Wreck (Newsday)
- North Haven, Conn.: State to Pay $50K After Police Chase (AP via Newsday)
- Bay Shore, L.I.: Still Missing 4 Weeks After SUV Fender-Bender (Daily News)
- Staten Island: Judge Says Woman Who Lost Brother Can Sue (S.I. Advance)
- Morris County, N.J.: Judge Gives 2 DWI Killers Prison Sentences (Star-Ledger)
Trends
- Men 77% More Likely to Die in Crashes (Newsday)
- Morris County, N.J., Roads 36% Deadlier in 2006 (Star-Ledger)
(Photo: Journal News)
*These deaths, not counted last week, were added to the yearly total this week.
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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