The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 162 Killed This Year)
8:59 AM EDT on March 23, 2007
Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 162 Killed This Year)
- Brooklyn: Body of Hit-and-Run Victim Found (NY Post)
- New Jersey: 6 Die Across State in Storm-Related Crashes (Star-Ledger)
- Central Islip, L.I.: Man Dies Crashing Car He Just Stole (Newsday)
- Melville, L.I.: SUV Veers Off Road in Snow, Driver Dies (Newsday)
- North Shore, L.I.: Haute Couture Retailer Killed on Drive to Work (Newsday)
- Norwalk, Conn.: Pedestrian Killed, Driver Charged With DWI (Stamford Advocate)
- Blauvelt, N.Y.: Man, 83, Killed in 2-Car Crash (Journal News)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Staten Island: Child Injured in Vehicle Crash (S.I. Advance)
- Brooklyn: Mom May Lose Leg After SUV Jumps Curb (NY Post)
- Philipstown, N.Y.: Girl, 12, Hit by 2 Cars Breaks Leg and Ankle (Journal News)
- Staten Island: Driver, 80, Mixing Up Pedals, Plows Into Deli (S.I. Advance)
- Westchester County: Storm Leads to Slew of Crashes (Journal News)
- Lawrence, N.J.: Pedestrian Struck by Minivan in Critical Condition (NJ.com)
- Staten Island: Driver Hospitalized After Crash (S.I. Advance)
- Ramapo, N.Y.: 2 Hospitalized as Cars Collide Head-On (Journal News)
- Fairfield, Conn.: Vehicle Crashes Into River (Conn Post)
- Princeton, N.J.: Teen Ticketed Following Late-Night Crash (Times of Trenton)
- Ewing, N.J.: 4 Injured, 2 Critically, in Head-On Crash (Times of Trenton)
- Stratford, Conn.: Sleeping Trucker Rams 3 Vehicles (Conn Post)
- Cranbury, N.J.: Driver Remains in Critical Days After Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Trenton, N.J.: Driver Hospitalized After Hitting Tree (Times of Trenton)
- Wantage, N.J.: 4 Hurt in 2-Car Crash (NJ.com)
- Staten Island: Cops: Bender Leads Woman to Crash 5 Times (S.I. Advance)
- Newark: Ice Falling From Overpass Injures 2 Women in SUV (Jersey Journal)
- Trenton, N.J.: Man Working on Car Loses Finger Tip (NJ.com)
- Warren, N.J.: Mom and 2 Kids Injured in Crash (NJ.com)
- Riverhead, L.I.: Mom Slumped Over Wheel of Idling Car Charged (Newsday)
- Related: Attorney Blames Exhaustion, Not Methadone (Newsday)
Following Up
- East Islip, L.I.: WWII Vet Hit by Minivan Dies of Injuries* (Newsday)
- Queens: Crash Victim’s Bedroom Untouched 1 Year Later (Daily News)
- Albany: DWI Cop Who Killed Brooklyn Family Denied Parole (Daily News)
- East Hampton, L.I.: Driver Gets 4 to 12 Years in Death of Priest (Newsday)
- White Plains, N.Y.: Teen Gets 1 to 3 Years for 2 Crashes (Journal News)
- Westfield, N.J.: Suspect in Car Chase Faces 30 Years in Jail (Suburban News)
- Jersey City: 5-Year Sentence For DWI Driver Who Killed Friend (NJ.com)
- Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Woman in Crash Wasn’t Drunk, Lawyer Says (Journal News)
Trends
- Car Race Video Games Linked to Bad Driving (Reuters/NY Post)
- When Should Seniors Stop Driving? (Conn Post)
- GM Shows Off Cars That Don’t Want to Hit Each Other (Star-Ledger)
- Ice Flying Off Cars Can Lighten Your Wallet (Star-Ledger)
- Police Warn Westchester Drivers to Watch for Out Deer (Journal News)
* This crash happened last week and is added this week to fatality totals
(Photos: Top: Michael Oates/Staten Island Advance; Bottom: Fairfield, Conn., PD via The Connecticut Post)
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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