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Fatal Crashes (6 Killed This Week; 176 Killed This Year)

By Aaron Donovan

10:05 AM EDT on April 6, 2007

Fatal Crashes (6 Killed This Week; 176 Killed This Year)

Brooklyn: Wife Killed, Husband Critical in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
Related: Police Look to Rear-View Mirror as Clue (NY Post)
Brooklyn: 1 Dead as Car and Motorcycle Collide (Daily News)
Plainview, L.I.: Pedestrian, 77, Dead in Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
Related: Driver Arrested; Had History of Convictions (Newsday)
Cranford, N.J.: Pedestrian Struck and Killed (Suburban News)
Shirley, L.I.: Man Walking Illegally Is Killed by Pickup (Newsday)
Somers, N.Y.: Woman, 83, Killed, 3 Injured in Head-On Crash (Journal News)
Related: Woman Did Not Have a Heart Attack (Journal News)
Related: 2 Who Were Injured Are Recovering (Journal News)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Brooklyn: Drunken SUV Driver Slams Into Building, Injuring Toddler (NY Post)
Related: Gothamist Links to Photos (Gothamist)
Montclair, N.J.: Skateboarding Teen Run Over by Van (Star-Ledger)
Related: Teen in Serious Condition (NJ.com)
Weehawken, N.J.: 30 Injured as NJ Transit Bus Hits Median (Gothamist)
Hamilton, N.J.: Woman, 19, Seriously Injured as Car Hits Utility Pole (NJ.com)
Related: Her Condition is Stable (NJ.com)
Melville, L.I.: High-Speed Chase Ends When Suspect Crashes (Newsday)
Trenton, N.J.: Bail Reduced for Driver Who Crashed in Pursuit (Times of Trenton)
Washington, N.J.: Passenger Hurt in Crash (NJ.com)
Elmsford, N.Y.: Fiery Crash on I-287 Injures 2 (Journal News)
N. Warren, N.J.: 7 Students Hurt in School Bus Chain-Reaction (Star-Ledger)
Washington, N.J.: Tractor-Trailer Flips on Turnpike Ramp (NJ.com)
Hamilton, N.J.: 2 Injured as SUV Flips in Collision With Car (NJ.com)

Following Up

Trenton, N.J.: Officer Who Killed Pedestrian Not at Fault (Times of Trenton)
Vernon, Conn.: Not-Guilty Pleas in UConn Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
Princeton, N.J.: Family Sues Town Over ’05 Traffic Death (Times of Trenton)
Cortlandt, N.Y.: Former Officer Pleads Guilty to DWI in Fatal Crash (AP/AMNY)
Tarrytown, N.Y.: Man Charged in Crash That Killed Acupuncturist (Journal News)
Staten Island: Cop Who Injured 2 Didn’t Seem Drunk, Officer Says (S.I. Advance)
Newark: City Settles Cop-Chase Crash Suit for $3.6 Million (Star-Ledger)
Franklin, N.J.: Man Admits to Vehicular Manslaughter (Star-Ledger)
Patterson, N.Y.: Mom in Double-Fatal Was Drunk, Police Say (Journal News)
White Plains, N.Y.: Mom Who Killed Daughter’s Friend Gets Jail (Journal News)

Trends

Suozzi, Hevesi, etc.: Politicians and Driving Don’t Mix (Newsday)

Special Feature

NYC Has Nation’s Third-Safest Drivers, Behind Jersey City (Men’s Health)
Wrecked on the Highway (Men’s Health)
Driving While Male (Men’s Health)

(Photo from Gothamist Reader Christopher via Flickr)

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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