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Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 211 Killed This Year)

By Aaron Donovan

10:12 AM EDT on April 27, 2007

Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 211 Killed This Year)

Bronx: SUV Slams Big Rig, Passenger Dies, Driver Flees on Foot (Daily News, NYT)
Related: DWI Suspect Driven to Drink After Pal Died in DWI (Daily News)
Queens: Mother Killed in Crash, 10-Day-Old Baby Survives (Daily News, Newsday)
Related: Driver Is Jailed (AM NY)
Brooklyn: U-Turn Leads to Death and Arrest (NYT, Newsday)
Queens: Woman, 23, Struck and Killed by School Bus (WCBS 2)
Bronx: Off-Duty Cop on Motorcycle Dies Hitting Parked Car (NY Post)

Vincent DiSalvio/The Journal News

Haverstraw, N.Y.: SUV Driver Killed in Head-On With Sedan (Journal News)
Wyandanch, L.I.: Pedestrian, 21, Struck and Killed (Newsday)
Bellmore, L.I.: Driver, 23, Killed in 2-Car Crash (Newsday)
Pemberton, N.J.: Driver Killed as Car Collides With Dump Truck (NJ.com)
Shrub Oak, N.Y.: 2-Car Crash Claims Life of Man, 57 (Journal News)
Middletown, N.Y.: 2 Men Die as Motorcycles Collide (AP via Newsday)
Dix Hills, L.I.: Teen Killed in Motorcycle Crash (Newsday)
Newark: Motorcyclist, 37, Killed Crashing Into Ravine (Star-Ledger)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Staten Island: 3 Hurt in Apparent Carjacking & NYPD Chase (WABC 7)
Farmingdale, L.I.: Driver Hits Pedestrian, 2 Cop Cars, Tree (Newsday)
Staten Island: Boy, 3, Struck By Minivan (S.I. Advance)
Albany: Brooklyn Assemblyman Accused of DWI (NYT)
Manchester, Conn.: License Revoked After ’03 Fatality, ’07 DWI (Newsday)
Hamilton, N.J.: Man Critical as SUV Flips Onto Him (Times of Trenton, NJ.com)
West Windsor, N.J.: 1 Injured as Car Flips (NJ.com)
Tappan, N.Y.: Arrested Teen Sent Vehicle Into a Home (Journal News)

Following Up

Waterbury, Conn.: Driver Pleads Guilty to Dragging Cop 1/4 Mile (AM NY)
Riverhead, L.I.: Assault Charges For SUV Driver Who Dragged Man (Newsday)
Camden, N.J.: Corzine Says He Feels ‘Blessed’ (Star-Ledger)
Related: 60% of Cases at Corzine’s Hospital Unit Are Car Crashes (Newsday)
Related: Cop Who E-mailed Driver Hopes He Didn’t Cause Wreck (AP via NJ.com)
Related: Police Probe If Driver Was Distracted by Love (Star-Ledger)
Related: Corzine Faces Citizen Seat Belt Complaint (AP via NJ.com)
Related: No Need for Speed (S.I. Advance)
Hoboken, N.J.: Police Looking for SUV Driver in Hit-Run Horror (Jersey Journal)
Cliffside Park, N.J.: Man Surrenders in Hit-and-Run (Jersey Journal)

Road Rage

Quadriplegic Teen Wants Stiffer Road Rage Penalties (Times of Trenton)
NJ Turnpike Paintballer Can Return to Job as Toll Collector (AM NY)

Beyond the Region

Author David Halberstam of Manhattan, 73, Killed in California Crash (NYT)
Home After Massacre, Virginia Tech Freshman Dies in Car Crash (Newsday)

About the Weekly Carnage

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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