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The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

10:15 AM EDT on September 14, 2007

Fatal Crashes (15 Killed This Week; 492 Killed This Year)

Queens: Drunk Driver, 22, Killed, 4 Passengers Hurt (Daily News, NY Post)
Manhattan: Fatal Hit-and-Run; Suspect Arrested (Gothamist)
Jackson Twp., N.J.: 3 Teens Die Where 2 Died This Year (Star-Ledger)
Seaford, L.I.: Pedestrian, 80, Struck by Motorist; No Charges (Newsday)
West Babylon, L.I.: Cyclist, 14, Struck and Killed by Minivan (Newsday)
Bridgehampton & Bellmore, L.I.: 2 Killed in Separate Crashes (Newsday)
Mount Kisco, N.Y.: Passenger Killed in 1-Car Crash; Driver Charged (LoHud)
Branford, Conn.: Garbage Truck Kills Wheelchair Bound Man, 48 (Newsday)
Woodmere, L.I.: Motorcyclist Hit by Car, Killed (Newsday)
Suffern, N.Y.: Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Car (Journal News)
Shirley, L.I.: Motorcyclist Loses Control, Veers Off Road (Newsday)
Union City, N.J.: Motorcyclist Killed on Viaduct (Jersey Journal)

Frank Becerra Jr. / The Journal News

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Harrison, N.Y.: Driver Hurt After Car Flips Into River (Journal News)
Manhattan: Woman Critical After Being Pinned Under Van (WABC 7)
Queens: SUV Forces Car Off Road, Girl, 4, Comatose (Daily News [last])
The Bronx: 4 Officers Injured as 2 Police Cars Collide (WABC 7)
Brentwood, L.I.: Driver Hits Boy, Nabbed After Motorist Pursues (Newsday)
Metuchen, N.J.: Two-Car Crash Sends Taxi Into a House (Star-Ledger)
Harrison, N.Y.: Cyclist, 50, Walks Away After Collision With Car (Journal News)
Oceanside, L.I.: 2 Apparently Drunk Drivers Collide, One Critical (Newsday)
Old Westbury, L.I.: Officer Hit by Car During Traffic Stop (Newsday)
Amagansett, L.I.: 2 Injured, 1 Critically, in Collision (Newsday)

Brooklyn: 2 Hospitalized as Car Crashes Into Sidewalk Shed (NY1, WABC 7)
South Brunswick, N.J.: 4 Hurt as Motorist Slams Into Police SUV (Star-Ledger)
Ramapo, N.Y.: Monster Truck Rolls Over Woman; Driver in Custody (LoHud)
L.I. Expressway: Series of Wrecks Snarl Commute (Newsday)
Guilford, Conn.: Cyclist, 13, Injured in Hit-and-Run (WTNH)
Pound Ridge, N.Y.: Woman Injured as Car Veers Off Road (Journal News)
Jersey City, N.J.: Motorcyclist Injured in Collision With SUV (Jersey Journal)
Eastchester, N.Y.: Woman Struck by Car Receives Minor Injured (Journal News)
Avon, Conn.: Jersey City Trucker Narrowly Averts Tragedy (Star-Ledger)

Following Up

Jersey City, N.J.: Husband Pleads for Help in $1.75M Hospital Bill (Jersey Journal)
Riverhead, L.I.: 18 Year to Life After ’06 Road Chase and Slay (Daily News)
Andover, N.J.: Former Town Official On Trial in Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
Trenton, N.J.: Several More Days in Hospital for Corzine (NY Post, Star-Ledger)
Newton, N.J.: Woman Charged in Crash That Killed 2 Brooklynites (Star-Ledger)

Trend

D.C. Panel Urges States to Require Motorcyclists to Use Helmets (AP/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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