Carnage

The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

8:28 AM EDT on March 30, 2007

Fatal Crashes (8 Killed This Week; 170 Killed This Year)

Fort Lee, N.J.: Mascot Portrayer Critically Injured by SUV (Charlotte Observer)
Related: Jason Ray Dies of His Injuries (Herald-Sun)
Related: Funeral Saturday in Concord, N.C. (AP/Greensboro News-Record)
Greenwich, N.J.: Driver Killed Crashing Into Salon, Igniting Building (Star-Ledger)
Kings Park, L.I.: Beloved Coach, 72, Dies in Collision With Pole (Daily News)
Bay Shore, L.I.: Pedestrian, 76, Struck by a Car, Killed (Newsday)
Yonkers, N.Y.: Man, 87, Killed in Head-On Collision (Journal News)
Queens: Motorcyclist, 23, Dies in Collision With Bus (NYT)
Port Jefferson, L.I.: Man Killed in One-Car Crash (Newsday)
Williston Park, L.I.: Woman, 91, Dies in Collision With Pole (Newsday)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Midtown: Pedestrian Gravely Hurt in 5-Car Pileup (NY Post)
Upper West Side: Woman, 50, Clings to Life After Being Hit by Cab (NY Post)
Brooklyn: Car Hits Girl, 2, as She Crosses Street (NY Post)
Staten Island: Speeding Off-Duty Cop Slams Into Pregnant Mom (S.I. Advance)
Bronx: 3 Police Vehicles Collide During a Chase (NYT)
New Square, N.Y.: Girl, 10, Runs Into Car (Journal News)
Bohemia, L.I.: Speeding Hummer Flips, Crushing Sedan (Newsday)
Washington, N.J.: Car Knocks Out Power to High School (NJ.com)
Seymour, Conn.: Wrong-Way Driver Hits Trooper (Conn. Post)
Selden, L.I.: Police: Both Drivers Drunk in Head-On Collision (Newsday)
Mount Pleasant, N.Y.: 4 Injured as Car Careens Off Road (Journal News)
North Bergen, N.J.: 10 Hurt as Bus, Dump Truck Collide (Jersey Journal)
Trenton, N.J.: Wrong-Way Crash Injures 2 (Times of Trenton)
Bedford, N.Y.: 3-Car Crash Leads to Minor Injuries (Journal News)
Westport, Conn.: Box Truck and Car Collide on I-95 (Stamford Advocate)
Pleasantville, N.Y.: Driver in Serious Condition After 2-Car Crash (Journal News)
Pocantico Hills, N.Y.: Driver Injured in Crash With Pole (Journal News)
Warren, N.J.: Car Veers Off Highway, Injuring Driver (NJ.com)
Bethlehem, N.J.: Motorcycle Wreck Leads to Injury, Charges (Express-Times)
Stratford, Conn.: 1 Arrested, 2 Injured in Head-On Collision on I-95 (Conn. Post)
Amagansett, L.I.: Driver Arrested for Obstructing Traffic (Newsday)

Following Up

Staten Island: 2 Drank Before Collision, Jury Told (S.I. Advance)
Greenvale, L.I.: Suozzi Driver Faulted After Running Red (Newsday)
Burlington, N.J.: Trucker Will Get 12 Years in Child’s Death (NJ.com)
Sparta, N.J.: Crash Victims Dad Sues Late Driver’s Estate (Star-Ledger)
Lawrence, N.J.: Police Identify Pedestrian Hit by Minivan (Times of Trenton)

Trends

Morris Co.: 67,114 crashes, 18,600 injuries, 94 deaths in 3 Years (Star-Ledger)
Intersections Often Deadly for Older Drivers (Journal News)

Opinion

Age Not Only Factor in Safe Driving (Journal News)

(Photo Credit: Bottom: Paul Steely White/Transportation Alternatives)

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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