Carnage

The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan

9:51 AM EDT on October 5, 2007

Fatal Crashes (21 Killed This Week; 530 Killed This Year)

Brooklyn: Van Crushes Man as Pregnant Wife, 3 Kids Watch in Horror (News)
Manhattan: Drunk Driver Kills Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run: Cops (Post, Streetsblog)
Related: Vehicular Homicide Charge; Bail Set at $75,000 (News, Streetsblog)
Related: Driver ‘Knew’ He Hit Beauty, but Left Her to Die: DA (Daily News)
Related: Blond Beauty Was Showing Off City to a Visiting Pal (Post)
Related: Memorial Held (Time’s Up via Streetsblog)
Staten Island: Teen Crashes Car, Leaves Pal to Die: Cops (News, Post, Advance)
Related: Tears, then Rage, for DWI Victim’s Mom (Advance)
Related: Case Will go to Special Prosecutor (Advance)
Related: Father is a Lawman for Andrew Cuomo (News)

Newark: Driver in Stolen Car Kills Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
The Bronx: Parkway Crash Kills 1, Injures 8 (News, Post)

Goshen, N.Y.: Brooklyn Boy Survives as Both Parents Killed (News, Post)
Wolcott, Conn.: 3 Teens Die in Car Wreck (NYT, Conn Post)
Sayreville, N.J.: Cyclist, 33, Struck and Killed by Van (Star-Ledger)
Lawrence, N.J.: Cyclist, 50, Dies; May Have Been Hit by Car (Times of Trenton)
Monroe, N.J.: Toddler Killed by SUV as He Walks Into Street (Star-Ledger)
Greenwich, Conn.: 2 Dead as Car Slams Into Fire Patrol (Stamford Advocate)
Livingston, N.J.: Sports-Loving Staten Islander Killed in Crash (Advance)
Hicksville, L.I.: Man, 41, Killed in High-Speed Crash (Newsday)
Boonton, N.J.: Motorist Killed After Veering Off Road (NJ.com)
Monroe Twp., N.J.: Big Rig Flips, Killing Driver (NJ.com)
Watchung, N.J.: Man Killed as Motorcycle Drifts (Somerset Reporter)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Jersey City: 3 Separate Hit-and-Runs Injure 3 Pedestrians (Jersey Journal)
Staten Island: 7 Hurt, 1 Gravely, as Car Slams Into Bus (Daily News)
Bayonne, N.J.: Hero Pulls Woman From Crushed Car as Fire Erupts (J.Journal)
Bridgeport, Conn.: Car Hits Family During Police Pursuit (Conn Post)
Greenburgh, N.Y.: Car Hits Special-Needs Children’s Van (LoHud)
Old Bridge, N.J.: 2 Hurt as Crash Shuts Down Route 9 (Star-Ledger)
Perth Amboy, N.J.: Pedestrian Critically Injured by Car (NJ.com)
Plainsboro, N.J.: At least 6 Hurt, Some Seriously, in Pileup (Times of Trenton)

Following Up

Uniondale, L.I.: Mother, 48, Hit by Van Dies From Injuries* (Newsday)
Kingston, N.Y.: Guilty Plea in Crash That Killed Staten Islander (Advance)
Garden City, L.I.: Up to 7 Years for Student in Golf Club Horror (Newsday)
Newark: Motorcyclists Rally for Girl, 11, Killed in Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
Newark: Teen Gets 10 Years in Fatal Car Chase (Star-Ledger)
Pelham, N.Y.: Family Recalls ‘Sparkle’ of Officer Killed in Crash (LoHud)
Camden, N.J.: Corzine Gets 4th Leg Operation (Daily News)
Inwood, L.I.: Driver Charged in Fatal Crash (Newsday)
Elizabeth, N.J.: Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Samaritan (Star-Ledger)
West Nyack, N.Y.: Seniors Get Bereavement Help Following Fatal Crash (LoHud)

Trends

Queens: Students Create Ad Campaign Against Reckless Driving (Daily News)
Mt. Olive, N.J.: Traffic Safety Concerns Mounting (Warren Reporter)
Summit, N.J.: Pedestrians and Drivers Are Safer in Town These Days (Indy Press)
Editorial: On Safety for Older and Younger Drivers (LoHud)
Texting and Driving: Do We Really Need a Law for Common Sense? (LoHud)

Upstate Report

Jasper, N.Y.: 4 Teens Found Dead in Crashed Car** (Newsday)

About the Weekly Carnage

*Added to this week’s fatality total
**Not included in fatality totals because this is outside of the metropolitan area.

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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