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The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

9:22 AM EDT on May 4, 2007

Fatal Crashes (16 Killed This Week; 227 Killed This Year)

Bronx: Only Son of Deceased G.I. Crushed by Mother’s SUV (Daily News)
Related Trend: Parents Put Spotlight on Toddler Deaths by ‘Backover’ (AM NY)
Queens: Woman, 23, Struck and Killed by Mini-School Bus (NY1, WNBC 4)
Brooklyn: SUV Jumps Curb, Pins Woman to Wall (NY Post, Gothamist, WABC)
Brooklyn: Hit-and-Run Crash Kills Boy, 13, Riding Bicycle (NYT, Gothamist)
Related: Unlicensed Tow-Truck Driver Arrested (Daily News)
Related: Family Remembers 13-Year-Old Cyclist (Brooklyn Eagle)
Port Jeff Station, L.I.: Man, 90, and Woman, 19, Collide, He Dies (Newsday)
Dix Hills, L.I.: 2 Die as 100-MPH BMW Hits Tree, Disintegrates (Newsday)
Related: Mourning the Loss of Two High School Seniors (Newsday)
Lindenhurst, L.I.: Woman Killed Crossing Sunrise Highway (Newsday)
Hillburn, N.Y.: Driver Killed as McDonalds Truck Crashes Onto Thruway (Newsday)
Related: Traffic Back to Normal (Journal News)
Orange, Conn.: 2 Killed as Driver Loses Control of Vehicle (Newsday)
New Brunswick, N.J.: Van Driver Killed in Collision (Star-Ledger)
Plainsboro, N.J.: Motorcycling Floridian, 20, Loses Control (Times of Trenton)
New City, N.Y.: Boy, 17, Killed in Crash, 3 Teens Hospitalized (Journal News)
Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Motorcyclist, 35, Killed in Collision (Journal News)
Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Man, 79, Killed Slamming Underpass (Journal News)
Related: Family Shocked (Journal News)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Queens: Man Steals SUV, Topples School Bus (Daily News)
Related: Suspect Had Long History (AM NY)
Bronx: Man Critical After Hit-and-Run (WABC 7)
Staten Island: Pedestrian Struck on Clove Road (S.I. Live)
Queens: Man Runs Red Light, Injures 13 on Bus (AM NY)
Syosset, L.I.: Officer Struck, Seriously Injured (Newsday)
Long Island Expressway: 7-Car Pileup Injures 11 (Newsday)
Huntington, L.I.: Man Hits Cop Car, Gets DWI Charge (Newsday)
Middletown, Conn.: Lacrosse Team Bus Overturns (NYT, Newsday)
Brick, N.J.: Dump Truck Overturns on Parkway (Asbury Park Press)
Tappan Zee Bridge: Thief Leads Cops on Chase, Jumps Into Hudson (NY Post)

Queens: SUV Slams Into House Wrecked by Car in December (Daily News)
Greenwich Twp., N.J.: Woman Charged After Driving Into Man (NJ.com)
Laurel, L.I.: Man Arrested for DWI After Collision (Newsday)
Island Park, L.I.: Driver Seriously Injured in Crash With Parked Cars (Newsday)

Guy Scroco / Brooklyn Papers

Brooklyn: Messy Crash on Berkeley Place (Brooklyn Paper)
Queens: Car Jumps Curb, Hits Pedestrian, Then Building (WABC 7)
Manhattan: Rapper Stopped for Too-Dark Windows, Gets DWI (NYT)
Hopewell Twp., N.J.: 2 Hospitalized After Head-On Crash (Times of Trenton)
Hoboken, N.J.: Man Charged With DUI After SUV Crash (Jersey Journal)
Ewing, N.J.: Truck Flips After Crash With Station Wagon (Times of Trenton)

Following Up

Milford, Conn.: Suspect in 60-Mile Chase to be Arraigned (AM NY)
Stamford, Conn.: Ex-Teacher Gets 12 Years for DUI Triple-Fatal (AM NY)
Queens: Car Accident Victim Buried in Corona (Times Ledger)
Visitors Say Corzine Is a Changed Man After Crash (AP via NJ.com)
Yonkers, N.Y.: Man Get 1 to 3 Years for Fatal Car Race (Journal News)
Nyack, N.Y.: 1979 Car Crash Survivor Describes Brain Injury (Journal News)

Trends

Parents Keep Tabs on Teen Drivers (Newsday)
State Budget Plans for DWI Prosecutors on Long Island (Newsday)
Critics Set Sights on Driving Requirements (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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