The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

10:00 AM EDT on May 18, 2007

Fatal Crashes (15 Killed This Week; 248 Killed This Year)

Manhattan: Boy, 14, Killed as Overloaded Van Hits Pole (NYT, NY Post)
Manhattan: Motorcyclist Killed After Swerving (Newsday, NYT)
I-80: 3 Killed in Two Days of Death (Star-Ledger)
East Meadow, L.I.: Hit-and-Run Driver Drags, Kills a Mom (NYT)
Related: Headlight Shards Link to Driver (NY Post)
Related: Driver Pleads Not Guilty, Out on Bail (Newsday)
East Meadow, L.I.: Man, 82, Killed in Crash With Unlicensed Driver (Newsday)
Lakewood, N.J.: Cop Dies in Crash With Deer (Star-Ledger)
Related: 59 Cops Killed in Crashes in U.S. in '06 (Newsday)
Old Brookville, L.I.: 6-Car Pileup Kills College Professor (Newsday)
Related: $100,000 Bail for Driver Who Caused Crash (Newsday)
East Hampton, L.I.: Speeding Driver, 27, Killed in Crash (Newsday)
Port Jefferson Station, L.I.: Hard-Working Pedestrian Struck, Killed (Newsday)
Denville, N.J.: Girl, 17, Dies as Car Strikes Tree, Flips (NJ.com)
Mount Pleasant, N.Y.: Man, 22, Killed as Car Crashes Into Woods (Journal News)
Related: Mourning the Victim (Journal News)
Pearl River, N.Y.: Man, 46, Killed in Motorcycle Crash (Journal News)
Toms River, N.J.: Teen in May 7 Crash Dies of Injuries (Star-Ledger)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

East Meadow, L.I.: 7 Hospitalized After 2 Unrelated Crashes (Newsday)
Queens: Fleeing Shoplifter Mows Down Store Guard (Daily News, NY Post)
Related: Driver Arrested (AM NY)
Brooklyn: Diva With Suspended License Nearly Hits a Mom (Daily News)
Stamford, Conn.: Hit-Run Driver Arrested; Pedestrian Critical (Stam Advocate)
Toms River, N.J.: 5 Teens Injured, 3 Critically, in Parkway Crash (NJ.com)
Ossining, N.Y.: Pedestrian Struck (Journal News)
Sayreville, N.J.: Cyclist Critical After Being Hit by Van (Star-Ledger)
Washington Twp., N.J.: 2 Motorists Injured in Crash (NJ.com)
Yonkers, N.Y.: Man Arrested for DWI Fights With Officers (Journal News)
Cortlandt, N.Y.: SUV Plows Into Store, Injuring One (Journal News)
Mamaroneck, N.Y.: Water Gushes From Hydrant After Car Hits It (Journal News)

Following Up

East Hampton, L.I.: Last Suit Setback for Lizzie Grubman (NY Post)
Millstone Twp., N.J.: Boxing Champ Czyz Recovers From Crash Injuries (NY Post)

Trends

A Dramatic Decline in Staten Island Traffic Deaths (S.I. Advance)
Diversions Can Be a Danger to Driving (Newsday)
Teens Can Legally Drive Only to Work and School (Newsday)

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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