The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (7 Killed This Week; 128 Killed This Year)
10:00 AM EST on March 9, 2007
Fatal Crashes (7 Killed This Week; 128 Killed This Year)
- Airmont, N.Y.: Trucker Dies After Hitting Pillar (Journal News)
- NYC: Cars Kill 3 on City Streets (Daily News)
- Valley Stream, L.I.: Teen Killed After Car Collides With Truck (Newsday)
- Jackson, N.J.: Teen Siblings Killed While Driving to School (Star-Ledger)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- East Meadown, L.I.: Man, 91, Drives Into Wife (Newsday)
- Staten Island: 2 Officers Injured in Multicar Pileup (S.I. Advance)
- Wyandanch, L.I.: Newsday Truck Slams Into Building (Newsday)
- Southeast, N.Y.: Teen Backs Into Police Car, Flees (Journal News)
- Trenton, N.J.: Victims Hospitalized After 2-Car Crash (Times of Trenton)
- Staten Island: Sedan Flips, SUV Crumples at Problem Corner (S.I. Advance)
- Roslyn Heights, L.I.: Bizarre Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest (Newsday)
- Hackettstown, N.J.: Teen Hospitalized After Moped and Car Collide (Star-Ledger)
- Bronx: Overturned Truck Blocks 2 Lanes of I-95 (Journal News)
- Hudson Valley: Slippery Roads Lead to Many Crashes (Journal News)
- Paterson, N.J.: Woman Injured in SUV Rollover (NorthJersey.com)
- Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Man Struck Changing Tire (Journal News)
Following Up
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Man Gets Probation for DWI Hit-and-Run (Journal News)
- Related: Victim’s Family Outraged Over Light Sentence (Journal News)
- Central Islip, L.I.: $1M Bail Set in Fatal Crash Case (Newsday)
- New Jersey: Panel Will Study Teen Driver Safety (Star-Ledger)
- Elmont, L.I.: Driver Gets 2 to 6 Year for ’05 Crash (Newsday)
- Waterbury, Conn.: Former Alderman Given Plea Deal (AP/Newsday)
- Staten Island: Woman Settles Crash Suit for $300K (S.I. Advance)
- Hudson Valley: Grieving Families Focus on Advocacy and Afterlife (Journal News)
Trend
- For Teens, Sober Isn’t Enough (Journal News)
(Photo by Vincent DiSalvio / The 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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