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The Weekly Carnage

Steve Silverman/Newsday

By Aaron Donovan

9:32 AM EDT on June 8, 2007

Steve Silverman/Newsday

Fatal Crashes (11 Killed This Week; 277 Killed This Year)

Greenlawn, L.I.: Motorcyclist, 48, Dies in Collision With Jeep (Newsday)
Brooklyn: Ice Cream Truck Kills a Grandmother (Daily News, Newsday)
Brooklyn: Minivan Kills Teen on Scooter (Daily News)
Old Bridge, N.J.: Boy, 12, Killed by Pickup Truck (Star-Ledger)
West Babylon, L.I.: Driver Fighting With Girlfriend Kills a Motorist (Newsday)
Related: Victim, 74, Recalled as a Giving Woman (Newsday)
Freehold, N.J.: Hit-and-Run Kills Woodbridge Teacher (Star-Ledger)
Hempstead, L.I.: Passenger Dies After 2 Cars Collide (Newsday)
Sayreville, N.J.: Fatal Parkway Crash Throws Victim on Road (Star-Ledger)
Bethlehem, N.J.: Motorcyclist Found Dead on Side of Road (Express-Times)
W. Haverstraw, N.Y.: Motorcyclist, 43, Dies in Collision With Car (Journal News)

Gothamist

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Manhattan: Horse and SUV Collide (Gothamist)
Manhattan: Hit-and-Run Driver Slams Into Woman, 67 (NY1)
Bronx: Boy, 11, Hit by Car on I-95 (Journal News)
Brooklyn: Driver Arrested After Crash (Daily News [last item])
Jersey City, N.J.: 17 Injured in Bus Crash (Star-Ledger)
Staten Island: Car Drives Off Hill; Tow Truck Crashes Into House (S.I. Advance)
Staten Island: College Hall-of-Famer, 74, Charged With DWI (S.I. Advance)
Staten Island: SUV Hops Guardrail, Mows Down Fence (S.I. Advance)

Lou Minutoli/Newsday

Lakeview, L.I.: 2 Cars Collide, Halting Traffic (Newsday)
Clifton, N.J.: Man Fails to Stop at Checkpoint, Gets Shot 6 Times (Star-Ledger)
Elizabeth, N.J.: Man Ejected From SUV on Turnpike (Jersey Journal)
Bayonne, N.J.: 4 Injured in SUV-Car Collision (NJ.com)
Patchogue, L.I.: Teen Injures Officer, Flees, Is Charged (Newsday)
Southeast, N.Y.: Police Find Weaving Driver is 15 Years Old (AM NY)
JFK Airport: Man Who Dragged Woman for Miles Is Caught (Daily News)
Commack, L.I.: Driver Fiddling With iPod Hits 3 Vehicles (Newsday)
Irvington, N.Y.: Man Flees Crash on Foot, Is Arrested at Home (Journal News)

Kathleen O’Rourke/Stamford Advocate

New Canaan, Conn.: Moose Killed, Woman Injured (Stamford Advocate)
Wesley Hills, N.Y.: Woman, 52, Critical After Head-On (Journal News)
Fleminton, N.J.: Woman, 70, Drives Into Bank, Injuring Man (Star-Ledger)
Pelham, N.Y.: Driver Flips Car, Gets DWI Charge (Journal News)
Upper Saucon Twp., N.J.: 6-Vehicle Crash Shuts Highway (NJ.com)
Lawrence, N.J.: Car Drives Into Post Office, Damaging It (Times of Trenton)
Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Pregnant Woman Injured in Parkway Crash (Journal News)
Lawrence, N.J.: Driver, 74, Ticketed After Hitting Pole (NJ.com)
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Officer Injured in Crash (Journal News)
Haverstraw, N.Y.: 2 Hospitalized After SUV Rolls Over (Journal News)
Yonkers, N.Y.: Car Flips on Parkway, Injuring Driver (Journal News)

Adam Daley/Newsday

Following Up

E. Massapequa, L.I.: Teen Who Drove Through Mall Gets Arson Charge (Newsday)
Bay Shore, L.I.: Speeding Woman Who Flipped SUV Dies of Injuries (Newsday)*
Queensboro Bridge: Officer Cops Guilty Plea in Fatal Crash (Daily News)
Bear Mountain, N.Y.: ‘Sorry’ for Van Plunge (NY Post)
Sumpter, S.C.: Conn. Man Gets Life for Intentionally Ramming Cop (AP/Newsday)
East Orange, N.J.: Judge Declares Mistrial in Police Chase Crash (Star-Ledger)
Albany, N.Y.: Long Island Family Pushes for Murder in Fatal DWIs (Newsday)

*Added to fatality totals

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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