The Weekly Carnage
9:37 AM EDT on April 20, 2007
Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 197 Killed This Year)
- Manhattan/Bronx: Car Plunges Kill 2 (NY Post, Journal News)
- Related: Vehicular Manslaughter Charge for Manhattan Crash Survivor (NYT)
- Brooklyn: Pedestrian Killed at Tillary & Adams (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
- Queens: Pedestrian Dies After Being Pinned Under SUV (AMNY)
- New Jersey: 3 Die in Their Cars as Storm Waters Rise (Star-Ledger, AMNY)
- Kent, N.Y.: Retired NYPD Detective Killed as Tree Falls on SUV (Journal News)
- West Islip, L.I.: Wrong-Way Chaos on Parkway (Newsday)
- Related: Driver Hit in Wrong-Way Collision Dies (Newsday)
- Port Washington, L.I.: Broadway Web Designer Killed by Car (Newsday)
- Greenport, L.I.: Man, 76, Killed Crossing Street (Newsday)
- Stratford, Conn.: Longtime Teacher Killed in One-Car Crash (Stamford Advocate)
- Northern State Pkwy: Man Has Heart Attack While Driving, Crashes (Newsday)
- Basking Ridge, N.J.: Fatal One-Car Crash Slows Traffic (NJ.com)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Queens: Child in Critical After Being Struck by Truck (WCBS 2)
- Riverhead, L.I.: SUV Drags Pedestrian 3/4 of a Mile (Newsday)
- Princeton, N.J.: 3 Hospitalized After SUV and Car Collide (NJ.com)
- Trenton, N.J.: Woman, 2 Cops Hurt in Collision (Times of Trenton)
- Bayonne, N.J.: DWI Arrest After 4-Car Crash (Jersey Journal)
- Yonkers, N.Y.: Police Seek Driver After Child is Injured on Hood (Journal News)
Following Up
- Brooklyn: DWI Cop Who Mowed Down 4 Says Jail ‘Unfair’ (Daily News)
- Galloway Twp, N.J.: Corzine’s Speed Put at 91 M.P.H. (NYT)
- Related: Corzine Has Third Operation (NY Post)
- Related: Red Pickup Guy Cleared (NY Post)
- Related: Speeding is Routine for Chief Executives (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Mayor Mike Wouldn’t Drive Like Corzine (Daily News)
- Related: Frustration Over Governor’s Failure to Buckle Up (AP via NYT)
- Related: Use of Emergency Flashers Raises Questions (Star-Ledger)
- Related: Infection, Blood Clots Are Biggest Threats (Star-Ledger)
- Hoboken, N.J.: Man Still in Coma 2 Weeks After SUV Hit-Run (Jersey Journal)
- Queens: Victim Confronts Cop in DWI Case (AMNY)
- North Salem, N.Y.: Actor Admits to Driving While Impaired (NYT)
Trend
- W.H.O.: Crashes, World’s Top Killer of Young, ‘Are Not Accidents’ (AP/Newsday)
Photo: Seth Gottfried/NY 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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