The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 383 Killed This Year)
9:11 AM EDT on August 3, 2007
Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 383 Killed This Year)
- Suffolk, Va.: Fiery Crash Kills Six New York City Kin (NY Post)
- Related: Bronx Neighbors Erect Makeshift Memorial (Newsday)
- Related: Father of 5 Bronx Siblings Killed in Crash Collapses (NY Post)
- Related: Crash Mom Recalls Eerie Call From Kid (NY Post)
- Brooklyn: Pedestrian, 88, Killed by Teen SUV Driver (Downtown Star [2nd item])
- Brooklyn: 1 Dead, 1 Injured as Motorcycle Hits Bus (Daily News)
- Dover, Del.: Horrific Crash Kills Staten Island Girl, 4 (S.I. Advance)
- Bay Shore, L.I.: Driver, 77, Killed as Teen Runs Stop Sign (Newsday)
- Riverhead, L.I.: Passenger, 92, Dies in Crash With Pickup Truck (Newsday)
- Bridgeport, Conn.: Woman Killed When Car Collies With Fire Truck (AP/Newsday)
- Coram, L.I.: Man, 88, Dies in Crash After Leaving Church (Newsday)
- Hempstead, L.I.: Woman Killed on Way to Comfort Grieving Friend (Newsday)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Manhattan: Man, 77, Injured Falling in Front of Moving Police Car (Daily News)
- New Hyde Park, L.I.: Unlicensed Driver on Drugs Crashes Stolen Van (Newsday)
- Bohemia, L.I.: Officer Responding to Call Hospitalized After Collision (Newsday)
- Massapequa Park, L.I.: Officer and 2 Girls Hospitalized After Collision (Newsday)
- New Cassel, L.I.: 4 Officers Struck and Dragged During Struggle (Newsday)
Following Up
- Staten Island: Tears Rain Down at Teen Driver’s Funeral (S.I. Advance)
- Nassau County: Witnesses Detail Cop’s Cry at Fatal Crash (Daily News, Newsday)
- Meadowbrook Parkway: DWI Killer’s DNA ‘Cheat’ (NY Post)
- Islip Terrace, L.I.: Man Sentenced in Fatal DWI (Newsday)
- Riverhead, L.I.: Illegal Immigrant Gets 5 to 15 Years for Fatal DWI (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Woman Disabled in Crash Gets $1.25 Million (S.I. Advance)
Trends
- Staten Island Lawmakers Eye Four-Figure Fines for Recklessness (S.I. Advance)
- Nissan’s Japanese Model Includes Protection for Pedestrians (Newsday)
Note: Missing New Jersey and Hudson Valley news this week because of computer problems. Many thanks to Charles Komanoff for filling in on this column for the past month.
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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