The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (4 Killed This Week; 496 Killed This Year)
9:21 AM EDT on September 21, 2007
Fatal Crashes (4 Killed This Week; 496 Killed This Year)
- NYC: 2 Men Die in Separate Wrecks; 1 Critical After a Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Brooklyn: Car Hits and Kills Fearless Iraq Vet on Motorcycle (NY Post, Newsday)
- Related: ‘He Was Proud to Serve His Country’ (NY Post)
- E. Rutherford, N.J.: Turnpike Crash Kills Westchester Man (Star-Ledger, LoHud)
Photo via Gothamist
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
- Staten Island: Big Rig Plunges, Nearly Killing 2 (Gothamist, News, Advance)
- Manhattan: Runaway SUV Causes Multi-Vehicle Wreck* (Daily News)
- Staten Island: Driver, 60, Severely Hurt in Expressway Crash (S.I. Advance)
- Manhattan: Cab Bursts Into Flames in Midtown (Gothamist)
- Manhattan: Another Cab Bursts Into Flames in Midtown (City Room)
Mike Aquilia / RNN
- Kent, N.Y.: Out-of-Control Minivan Knocks Out Power to Town (Journal News)
- Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: Driver, 70, Arrested After Hitting Cop With Car (Journal News)
- Hamilton Twp., N.J.: SUV Flips After Driver Runs Stop Sign (Star-Ledger)
- Middle Island, L.I.: Driver, 18, Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Yonkers: Driver Who Fled Crash Was Drunk, Police Say (Journal News)
- Hamilton Twp., N.J.: 2 Injured in Three-Car Wreck (Times of Trenton)
- Greenlawn, L.I.: Driver in Critical Condition After Crash (Newsday)
- S. Brunswick, N.J.: 2 Teens Hurt in Collision Outside School (Times of Trenton)
Following Up
- Brentwood, L.I.: Driver in Hit-and-Run Says She Panicked (Newsday)
- White Plains, N.Y.: Woman Faces Prison Time in Fatal DWI Wreck (Journal News)
- Roslyn Heights, L.I.: Cops Find Vehicle Used in July Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
- Queens: ‘This Was a Violent, Sudden Death’ (Daily News)
- Long Island: Family Pleased With Sentence in Fatal House Crash (Newsday)
Cars & Animals
- Staten Island: Driver Runs Over 24 Pigeons, Denies Cruelty (S.I. Advance)
Trends
- New Jersey: Task Force Studies Ways to Make Teens Safer (NJ.com)
- Choosing the Right Car for Your Teenager (Newsday)
- Keep Kids Safe: Drive Slowly Near Schools (Journal News)
- Connecticut to Launch Truck Inspection Program (Hartford Courant)
*The driver of the SUV apparently died of a heart attack; not counted in fatalities.
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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