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

By Aaron Donovan

9:31 AM EST on March 2, 2007

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)

Aaron Donovan

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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