The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 70 Killed This Year)
12:22 PM EST on February 2, 2007
Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 70 Killed This Year)
- North Hudson, N.Y.: Brooklyn Man Slowly Freezes as Wife Yells (AP/Daily News)
- Related: Wife, Trapped for 32 Hours, Rescued After Prayer (S.I. Advance)
- Related: Wife Broke Backbone; Husband Died After 13 Hours (S.I. Advance)
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Woman Drives Into Boyfriend (Journal News)
- Related: Boyfriend Tried to Stop Car (Journal News)
- Queens: Man Killed in Hit-and-Run (NY Post)
- Wyandanch, L.I.: Man, 36, Loses Control, Strikes Oncoming Van (Newsday)
- Holbrook, L.I.: Woman’s Chevy Overturns, Bursts Into Flames (Newsday)
- U. Nazareth Twp. N.J.: Man, 24, Crashes Into Building (Express-Times)
- Hempstead, L.I.: Body Struck by Truck Found Behind Home Depot (Newsday)
- Bound Brook, N.J.: Man, 79, Strikes Oncoming Vehicle (Star-Ledger)
- Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Bronx Man Found Shot in Crashed SUV (Journal News)
- Related: Grieving Family Cannot Explain What Happened (Journal News)
- Union Twp., N.J.: Minivan Overturns, 11-Month-Old Baby Dies (NJ.com)
- Old Bridge, N.J.: Woman, 44, Rear-Ended by Pickup (Star-Ledger)
- New Rochelle, N.Y.: Man, 57, Struck by Delivery Truck (Journal News)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Queens: Chain Reaction Crash in Queens Involves Police Car (WABC 7)
- Mastic, L.I.: Girl, 4, in Critical After Grandmother Strikes Pole (Newsday)
- Princeton, N.J.: 2 Drivers Injured as Vehicles Collide (Times of Trenton)
- Orangeburg, N.Y.: Hundreds Lose Power as Truck Hits Pole (Journal News)
- East Brunswick, N.J.: 4 Hurt as Pickup Rear Ends Car (Star-Ledger)
- Jersey City: Cops: Robber Tried to Hit Victim With Jeep (Jersey Journal)
- South Harrison, N.J.: Man Hurt as Truck Hits Tree (Sunbeam)
- Jersey City: Commuter Bus Crashes Into Car (Jersey Journal)
- Jersey City: Driver Injured as She Slams Into Bus (Jersey Journal)
- Harrison, N.Y.: Officer Hurt as Vehicle Hit by Car (Journal News)
- Yonkers: 2 Cops Hurt in Collision (Journal News)
Following Up
- Jersey City: 2-Year-Old Hit by Cop Last Week Dies of Head Injuries (AP/Post)
- Related: Cop Had Blood Alcohol Level 3 Times Over Limit (Newsday)
- Related: Boy’s Funeral Draws Scores (Jersey Journal)
- Related: Crash Re-Enactment Shuts Down Pulaski Skyway (NJ.com)
- Related: Cop’s Father Bails Out Son With Home as Collateral (Jersey Journal)
- North Carolina: Queens Couple Drowned in 90 Seconds (Daily News)
- Wantagh, L.I.: Upgraded Charges for Cop Accused of Fatal DWI (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: Slap at Gal Pal Led to Pedestrian Crash (Daily News)
- Staten Island: Woman Gets $200K in Deaths of 2 Sons (S.I. Advance)
- Long Island: Paralyzed Victim Asks for and Gets Leniency (Newsday)
- Bay Shore, L.I.: Body of Man Who Had Crashed SUV Found in Well (Newsday)
- New Jersey: Crash Fuels Debate About Teens Driving to School (Newsday)
- Lopatcong, N.J.: Papers Accuse 2 Drivers of Recklessness (Express-Times)
- Parsippany Hills, N.J.: Soccer Rally Benefits Player Killed in Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Belvidere, N.J.: Family Sues N.J. DOT Over Fatal Crash (Express-Times)
- Tuckahoe, N.Y.: Family of Man Test-Driving SUV Awarded $570K (Journal News)
- New Jersey: Lawmakers Approve Teen Driving Study (Star-Ledger)
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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