The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (19 Killed This Week; 89 Killed This Year)
9:37 AM EST on February 9, 2007
Fatal Crashes (19 Killed This Week; 89 Killed This Year)
- Patterson, N.Y.: 2 Mothers Killed in Head-On Collision (Journal News)
- Related: Dozens Pay Respects to Victim (Journal News)
- Queens: Man Survives Crash but Killed in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
- Related: Hit-and-Run Driver Nabbed; Faces 4 Years (Daily News)
- Related: Family Rage Over ‘Accident’; Injured Woman’s Feet Amputated (WABC 7)
- Huntington, L.I.: 3 Die in Speeding Airborne BMW That Hits Overpass (Newsday)
- Related: Men Were 20, 20 & 22; 2 Were Boxing Buddies (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: 3-Year-Old Boy From Massachusetts Killed in Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Manhattan: Pedestrian Hit by Delivery Truck in Chelsea (NY1)
- Medford & Westbury, L.I.: 2 Die, 7 Injured in Separate Crashes (Newsday)
- Bay Shore, L.I.: Man, 20, Dies in 4-Car Chain-Reaction Pileup (Newsday)
- Morris, N.J.: Budding Film Producer, 23, Dies in One-SUV Wreck (Star-Ledger)
- Baldwin, L.I.: Woman, 62, Killed in Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Piscataway, N.J.: Woman, 85, Killed by Big Tow Truck (Star-Ledger)
- Shirley, L.I.: Retired Token Booth Clerk, 51, Hit by Car (Newsday)
- Sayreville, N.J.: Pickup and SUV Collide, Truck Driver Killed (Star-Ledger)
- Philipstown, N.Y.: Man, 32, Killed, Woman in Critical After Crash (Journal News)
- Milford, Conn.: Family, Friends Mourn Man Who Hit Utility Pole (Conn. Post)
- East Brunswick, N.J.: Pedestrian Killed (NJ.com)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Queens: Off-Duty Cop Refuses Breathalizer but Is Charged Anyway (Daily News)
- Related: Victim Improving Slowly (Daily News)
- Manhattan: 2 Hurt in Rockefeller Center Smashup (NY Post)
- Queens: Allegedly Drunk Dad Hits Ped, Leaves Own Toddler at Scene (NY Post)
- Valhalla, N.Y.: Mother Picking up Child Struck by Car (Journal News)
- Related: Still in Critical Condition (Journal News)
- Smithtown, L.I.: 2 Cling to Life After Pre-Dawn Single-Car Wreck (Newsday)
- Rye, N.Y.: Woman Drives BMW Into Moving Train (Journal News)
- Hillside/Irvington, N.J.: Rush Hour Nightmare as Oil Tanker Flips (Star-Ledger)
- Staten Island: SUVs Collide, 1 Hits Pedestrian, Whose Head Bleeds (S.I. Advance)
- Plainsboro, N.J.: Woman, 30, Hospitalized After SUV Rollover (Times of Trenton)
- Brooklyn: 4 Cops Injured as 2 Patrol Cars Collide (Daily News)
- Union City, N.J.: 2 Injured in Crash (NJ.com)
- Monsey, N.Y.: 4 Injured in Car-School Bus Collision (Journal News)
- Ansonia, Conn.: Hit-and-Run Closes Route 8 (Conn. Post)
Following Up
- Brooklyn: Fiancee of Dead Motorcyclist to Sue NYPD (NY Post)
- Freehold, N.J.: 17-Year-Old Ticketed in Quadruple-Fatal Crash (NJ.com)
- Jersey City: Hospitalized Mom Upgraded From Critical to Serious (Jersey Journal)
- Related: Letter: Paper Shouldn’t Have Published Gruesome Photo (Jersey Journal)
- Stamford, Conn.: Driver in Triple-Fatal: ‘I Wasn’t Drunk’ (Stamford Advocate)
Animals & Cars
- Long Beach, N.J.: Protected Gray Seal Pup Killed Crossing Road (Press of A.C.)
- Fairfield County, Conn.: Report Shows Deer Crashes Rise (Stamford Advocate)
- Patterson, N.Y.: Family Dog in Head-On Collision Is Found Alive (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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