The Weekly Carnage

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Fatal Crashes (12 Killed This Week; 301 Killed This Year)

• Dix Hills, L.I.: Doctor Traveling 120 M.P.H. Killed on L.I.E. (NY Post)
• Related: Cops: He Was Speeding, But Maybe Not That Much (Newsday)
• Brooklyn: 18-Month-Old Run Over in Driveway; Driver Leaves (NY Post, Newsday)
• Related: Tearful Funeral (Newsday)
• Related: Nassau County Debates Backup Safety Bill (Newsday)
• Brooklyn: 2 Men Killed in Separate Crashes (Newsday, NYT)
• Queens: Man Killed as Motorcycle and Car Collide (Newsday)
• Hempstead Village, L.I.: Man on Bicycle Struck and Killed (Newsday)
• Related: Driver Was on Methadone (Newsday)
• Franklin, N.J.: Man, 75, Struck, Killed Walking Home From Work (Star-Ledger)
• Hauppauge, L.I.: Man, 41, Killed in 3-Car Pileup (Newsday)
• Brentwood, L.I.: Man Struck and Killed Walking Near His Home (Newsday)
• Dix Hills, L.I.: Unlicensed Driver Hits Truck, Kills Man (Newsday [scroll])
• Millstone Twp., N.J.: Truck Driver Dies as Rig Rolls Over (Times of Trenton) 
• Vineland, N.J.: Teen Killed in Motorcycle Crash Days After Graduating (NJ.com)

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Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

• Harrison, N.Y.: Officials Bicker Over Who Caused Crash (Journal News)
• Related: Witness: Related Earlier Rollover Caused by Speeding (Journal News)
• Manhattan: Arrested Wrong-Way Driver Hits Cop Car, Cyclist, Ped (NY Post) 
• Brooklyn: Cab Hits 3 on Sidewalk, One Extremely Critical (NYT, Sun)
• Staten Island: Motorcyclist Saves Tot From Being Hit (Daily News)
• Linden, N.J.: Blown Tire Smashes Windshield, Injuring Driver, 74 (NJ.com)
• Trenton, N.J.: 2-Car Collision Leaves Boy Badly Injured (Times of Trenton)

Streetsblog Tipster Submission

• Manhattan: Cab Jumps Curb, Hits Pedestrian and Cyclist (NY Post)
• Brooklyn: 2 Moms Arrested for Leaving Babies in Cars This Week (NY Post)
• Mattituck, L.I.: Driver, 89, Runs Stop Sign, Hits Car, Is Hospitalized (Newsday)
• Upper Twp., N.J.: Turtle Causes Parkway Wreck, Then Gets Crushed (Newsday)

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• Brooklyn: Car Crashes Into House (NY Post)
• Middlesex Twp., N.J.: Four Teens Injured as Vehicle Overturns (NJ.com)
• Trenton, N.J.: Driver Arrested for Punching Officer (Times of Trenton)
• Mattituck, L.I.: Man Charged With DWI After Crash Injures 5 (Newsday)
• Bayonne, N.J.: Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle, Truck Collide (Jersey Journal)
• Lawrence, N.J.: Car Hits Hydrant and Flips as Road Floods (Times of Trenton)

Following Up

• Union City, N.J.: Driver Who Killed Baby Cleared of All Charges (Jersey Journal)
• Manhattan: Hit-and-Run Driver Fled to Church to Pray (NY Post)
• The Bronx: Boy Hit by Bus Improves (Daily News)
• Queens: Girl, 12, Graduates Despite Mangled Leg, Spleen, Liver  (Daily News)
• Glen Cove, L.I.: $5M Suit Over Runover Attempt (NY Post, Newsday)
• Newark: Police Release Sketch of Deadly Hit-and-Run Driver (Star-Ledger) 
• New Britain, Conn.: Trial for Man Accused in Crash That Killed 5 (AP/Newsday)
• Edison, N.J.: Cop Who Ran Naked From Crash Reinstated (Star-Ledger)
• Cheshire, Conn.: Officer Sues Officer After Collision (Conn. Post)
• Surgery in L.I. for Orphan Injured in Hit-and-Run in Ghana (Newsday)
• Clinton Twp., N.J.: Officer Resigns After Hit-and-Run Cover-up (NJ.com)
• 5-Day Suspension Recommended for Corzine’s Driver (Star-Ledger)
• California: Grad Student Who Drove Halberstam to be Charged (Newsday)

Trends

• Albany Increases DWI Penalty After Horrific ’05 L.I. Crash (Daily News)
• Nassau County Adds 3 DWI Checkpoints (Daily News)
• Vatican Issues 10 Commandments for Drivers (Newsday, Daily News)
• Related: Columnist Has 7 More Commandments (NY Sun)

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