The Weekly Carnage

Fatal Crashes (7 Killed This Week; 183 Killed This Year)

• East Brunswick, N.J.: 2 Teens Killed as Car Goes Off Road (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Police Probe Road Rage as Cause, Search for SUV (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Security Videotapes Sought (Star-Ledger)
• Brooklyn: Model Brain Dead After SUV Hit-and-Run (Bklyn Paper)
• Related: Family Turning Off Life Support (Indymedia)
• Related: Information Sought (Gothamist) 
• South Plainfield, N.J.: Girl, 14, Struck and Killed by Minivan (Star-Ledger)
• Rocky Point, L.I.: Man Loses Control of Pickup Truck, Hitting Fence (Newsday)
• Franklin Twp., N.J.: Rutgers Student, 21, Dies as Car Hits Tree (Star-Ledger)
• Pohatcong, N.J.: Woman Sideswipes Big Rig, Gets Hit By Another (Star-Ledger) 

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

• Galloway, N.J.: Gov. Corzine Critical After Crash; Codey Is Acting Governor (NYT)
• Related: Search for Pickup Continues (NJ.com)
• Related: Months of Therapy Await the Governor (NJ.com) 
• Manhattan/Brooklyn: 2 Pedestrians Critical After Hit-and-Runs (Newsday)
• Brooklyn: 20-Car Smashup on the Gowanus (NY Post)
• Plainview, L.I.: Man, 75, Plows Into Deli, Injuring 9 (Newsday)
• Related: States Told to Prepare for Elderly Driving Boom (Chicago Trib/UTU)
• East Windsor, N.J.: 9 Injured in Multi-Vehicle Pileup (Times of Trenton)
• Bay Shore, L.I.: Head-On Collision Injures 4 on Parkway (Newsday)
• Staten Island: Car Hits Hydrant, Causing Flooding (S.I. Advance)
• Fleetwood, N.Y.: Police Hunt for Driver Who Hit Fountain (Journal News)
• Washington Twp., N.J.: 2 Hurt as Car Crosses Median (Star-Ledger)
• Orange, Conn.: 3 Hospitalized After 3-Car Crash (Conn. Post) 
• Clark, N.J.: 2 Critically Injured in Head-On Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Berkeley Heights, N.J.: School Bus Fire Backs Up Route 78 (Star-Ledger)
• Staten Island: Near Crash a Drunken Mess (S.I. Advance)
• Washington Twp., N.J.: Jeep Flips, No Injuries (NJ.com)
• Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Man Arrested After High-Speed Chase (Journal News)
• East Amwell, N.J.: Driver Seriously Hurt as Car Hits Tree (NJ.com)
• Trenton, N.J.: Diabetic Escapes Charges in 2-Car Crash (NJ.com)

Following Up

• East Orange, N.J.: Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Murder-by-Lexus (Star-Ledger)
• Pelham, N.Y.: Mom Accused of DWI Gets License Back (Journal News)
• Clinton Twp., N.J.: 2 Officers Accused of Hit-and-Run Cover-Up (Star-Ledger)
• North Salem, N.Y.: Actor Wants Nonjury Trial for DWI Charge (Journal News)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Warrants Issued as Rapper Skips Traffic Court (NYT)
• Staten Island: Jury Gets Cop’s DWI Case After Heated Arguments (S.I. Advance)
• Morristown, N.J.: Victim’s Family Sues Motorist for Wrongful Death (Star-Ledger)
• Nanuet, N.Y.: Woman Crippled in Crash Helps the Disabled (Journal News)

Trend

• A Warmer Connecticut May See More Deer-Vehicle Crashes (Stamford Advocate)

Photos: Top: Mark R. Sullivan / Home News Tribune;
Bottom: Matt Rainey / The Star-Ledger