The Weekly Carnage

Fatal Crashes (10 Killed This Week; 121 Killed This Year)

• Queens: Father Killed as Cars Wind Up on Lawn (Newsday)
• Queens: Cyclist Killed in Collision With Car (Sun)
• Brooklyn: Driver Kills Homeless Man, Speeds Off (Daily News)
• Nyack, N.Y.: Man Injured as SUV Rolls Down Embankment (Journal News)
• Related: Man, 23, Died at Hospital, Was Coach (Journal News)
• Related: 600 Mourners Say Goodbye (Journal News)
• Trenton: Off Duty Cop Kills Pedestrian (Times of Trenton)
• Medford, L.I.: Man Helping Father Strikes Mailbox and Tree, Dies (Newsday)
• Wyandanch, L.I.: Speeding Man, 31, Dies in Single-Car Wreck (Newsday)
• Randolph, N.J.: Man Killed, 3 Injured as Driver Loses Control (Star-Ledger)
• Sagaponack, L.I.: Country Club Chef Hits Pole, Dies (Newsday)
• Hicksville, L.I.: Woman, 21, Killed by DWI Suspect in SUV (Newsday)

Road Rage

• Brooklyn: Enraged Man Repeatedly Hits Pregnant Woman (WCBS 2)
• N. Arlington, N.J.: Driver Runs Down, Critically Injures Driver (Jersey Journal) 

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

• Shelton, Conn.: Driver Rescued After Car Plunges Down Embankment (Conn Post)
• Queens: Girls, 6 and 7, Mowed Down in Hit-and-Run (NY Post)
• Manhattan: Woman Crossing Street Critically Injured by Truck (NY Post)
• Newark: Restaurant Hit by Full Garbage Truck Catches Fire (Star-Ledger)
• Queens: Man Nearly Hits Nun Then Stabs Officer (Sun)
• Clarkstown, N.Y.: Car Rams Condo Complex, 12 Units Evacuate (Journal News)
• Ramapo, N.Y.: Woman Struck by Car Lay by Road for ‘a While’ (Journal News)
• Jersey City: Unlicensed Driver Plows Into Police Cruiser (Jersey Journal)
• Tomkins Cove, N.Y.: 3 Injured as Car Lands in Yard (Journal News)
• Staten Island: Crash Gets Off-Duty Cop Busted for DWI (Daily News)
• Monsey, N.Y.: 2 Hurt in 5-Car Pileup (Journal News)
• Dunellen, N.J.: Driver Critically Injured After Striking Curb (Star-Ledger)
• Newark: Woman in Critical Condition After Route 78 Crash (Star-Ledger) 
• Fairfield, Conn.: Elderly Motorist Plunges Down Embankment (Conn Post)
• Norwalk, Conn.: Furniture All Over Road as Moving Truck Flips (Conn Post)

Following Up

• Queens: Officers May Have Downplayed Crash Cop’s Drunkeness (Newsday)
• Washington: L.I. Father of Killed Tot Testifies for Car Safety (Newsday)
• Bridgeport, Conn.: Mayor’s Crash Cost City $10,000 (Conn Post)
• Vernon, Conn.: UConn Hit-and-Run Probe Widens (Newsday)
• Cape May, N.J.: Trooper Indicted in Crash That Killed 2 (Jersey Journal)
• East Northport, L.I.: High Cabby Gets 5 to 15 on Manslaughter (Newsday)
• New Haven: Fatal Wrong-Way Driver Charged (AP/Newsday)
• Sprain Pkwy: Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Man’s Death (Journal News) 
• Family of Woman Who Drowned in SUV Has Questions (Journal News)

Trends

• Southern State Pkwy: Police to Crack Down on Speeders, DWI (Newsday)

Opinion

• High School Junior Supports Pedestrian IPod Ban (Newsday)

(Top photo: Charles Eckert/Newsday; bottom photo: Keith Muratori/Connecticut Post)