The Weekly Carnage
11:08 AM EDT on November 2, 2007
Fatal Crashes (15 Killed this week; 582 Killed this year)
- Queens: Off-Duty Cop Inexplicably Slams SUV Into Pole on LIE, above (News)
- Manhattan: Off-duty cop shoots driver in road rage incident (News)
- Related: “Road rage cop speaks out” (Post)
- Manhattan: Retired Broadway actor killed in hit-and-run (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Mother dismembered in fatal hit-and-run on way to the bus (Post)
- Queens: Teen, 17, dead, after friends crash stolen car into subway trestle (Post)
- Related: Driver in fatal hit-and-run surrenders to police (News) (Post)
- Smithtown, L.I.: Teen in head-on collision, three dead (News) (Newsday)
- Related: Call for traffic calming on road plagued by speeding, crashes (Newsday)
- Huntington, L.I.: Driver loses control, slams into tree (Newsday)
- Greenport, L.I.: Motorcyclist dies in collision with a deer (Newsday)
- Long Island Expressway: One dead in three vehicle crash (Newsday)
- Mastic, L.I.: Both drivers dead in head on collision (Newsday)
- Norwalk, CT: Body parts of truck driver dragged for miles (Newsday)
- Camden, N.J.: Courier-Post writer in hit-and-run (Newsday)
A firefighter dumps sawdust on a pool of blood and engine fluid at Madison Ave. and 53rd St.
Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage
- Manhattan: Pedestrian struck as cab crashes into storefront, above (Streetsblog)
- Staten Island: Driver of stolen car slams into home, flees (Staten Island Advance)
- Staten Island: Charges filed after road rage incident (Staten Island Advance)
- Brooklyn: Driver crashes into bus shelter in Cadman Plaza (Streetsblog)
- Wheatley Heights, L.I.: Student, 15, hit while boarding school bus (Newsday)
- Copiague, L.I.: Man, 90, crossing highway, severely injured (Newsday)
- Huntington Station, L.I.: Man hit crossing highway (Newsday)
- East Meadow, L.I.: Charges for woman who smashed S.U.V. into store (Newsday)
- Bronx: Girl, 7, in “fight for her life” after being struck by pick-up truck (Post)
- Congers, N.Y.: Girl, 14, struck while crossing the street (Journal News)
Following Up
- Jersey City: Police Officer offered 11-year plea deal in DUI accident (Star-Ledger)
Trends
- Morris County, N.J.: Outreach on rules for provisional licenses (Newsday)
- Staten Island: Opinion, Speed Kills (Staten Island Advance)
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