The Weekly Carnage
Photo: NY Post
9:19 AM EDT on September 28, 2007
Photo: NY Post
Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 509 Killed This Year)
- Brooklyn: 2 in Car Crushed to Death by Dump Truck (NY Post, Newsday)
- Manhattan: Driver Fleeing Crash Kills Queens Woman, Flees (Post, News)
- Queens: Man, 18, Killed in a 2-Car Collision (Newsday)
- Florida: Staten Island 9/11 Survivor Dies in Car Crash (Advance)
James Carbone / Newsday
- New Hyde Park, L.I.: Woman, 18, Dies From Crash Injuries (Newsday)
- Sayreville, N.J.: Woman, 19, Dies of Crash Injuries (Star-Ledger)
- Related: 3 Teens Injured in Car Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Patchogue, L.I.: Cyclist Mowed Down by Pickup (Daily News, Newsday)
Kathy Gardner/The Journal News
- New City, N.Y.: Car Jumps Curb, Hits Bench, Killing 1 (Journal News)
- Cortlandt, N.Y.: Officer, 34, Dies as Car Veers Into Tree (Journal News)
- Yaphank, L.I.: Out-of-Control Truck Kills Woman, 46 (Newsday)
- Watchung, N.J.: Man Dies as Motorcycle Veers from Road (NJ.com)
- Delaware, N.J.: Ironworker Dies as Motorcycle and Car Collide (Star-Ledger)
Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage
James Carbone / Newsday
- Shoreham, L.I.: Teen Hits Empty School Bus Head-On (Newsday)
- NYC: Supervisor Fined $5K for Using City Van for Personal Use (Daily News)
- Staten Island: Firefighter Arrested for Off-Duty DWI (Daily News)
- The Bronx: WWII Vet Nearly Drives Off of Cliff (Gothamist)
- Weehawken, N.J.: George Clooney Hurt in Motorcycle Crash (Daily News)
- Related: 911 Confusion as Stars Bleed (Jersey Journal)
- N.J. Turnpike: Driver Ejected, in Extremely Critical Condition (Star-Ledger)
- Uniondale, L.I.: Mom, 2 Kids, Hit by Suspended License Driver (Newsday)
- Mt. Vernon, N.Y.: Teen Charged After Hit-and-Run and Chase (Journal News)
- Rahway, N.J.: Pickup Rams Into Garage, Causes Spill (Star-Ledger)
- New Haven, Conn.: 2 Firefighters Hit by Car (Firehouse.com)
- Eastchester, N.Y.: Cop Swerves to Avoid Car, Hits Pole (Journal News)
- Kenilworth, N.J.: Revoked-License Driver Hurt Hitting Pole (Suburban News)
- Bridgeport, Conn.: Motorcyclist, 20, Critically Injured (Journal News)
- Irvington, N.Y.: Wrong-Way Driver Cited; None Injured (Journal News)
Road Rage
- Southern State Pkwy: Man Beats Driver Who Rear-Ended Him (Newsday)
Following Up
- Manhattan: Hit-and-Run Marine Gets Six Months (NY Post, Newsday, LoHud)
- Randolph, N.J.: Marine Indicted in Fatal Car Crash (Star-Ledger)
- Hoboken, N.J.: Worker Says Cops Slow to File Crash Report (Jersey Journal)
- Freehold, N.J.: Jury Indicts Motorist in Fatal Crash (Times of Trenton)
Trends
- OnStar Data Used to Study Crashes (AP via Newsday)
- Staten Island Traffic Fixes Saving Lives (S.I. Advance)
- New Jersey Doctors Fight Limit in Billing Auto Insurers (Star-Ledger)
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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