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The Weekly Carnage

By Benjamin Smith

11:57 AM EST on December 7, 2007

Fatal Crashes (10 this week; 640 this year)

Midtown: Cyclist doored, killed by truck (Streetsblog)
Queens: Youth with suspended license, two dead, above (News)
Related: Sports car was college gift, below (Post)
Bergen County, N.J.: Relief turns to horror, two dead (Post)
Related: American Ballet Theater mourns death of leading dancer (Post)
Setauket, L.I.: Two car collision, pedestrian killed (Newsday)
Patchogue, L.I.: Pedestrian killed (Newsday)
Fishkill, N.Y.: Truck collision, one dead (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Toms River, N.J.: Elderly woman veers off road (Star Ledger)
Garden State Parkway: “Erratic” behavior, driver veers off road (Star Ledger)

Typically unfortunate product placement in the Post.

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

Times Square: Cyclist hit by bus (AMNY)
Upper East Side: Car ploughs through pedestrian refuge (Streetsblog)
Selden, L.I.: Drunk driver endangers son (Newsday)
Syosset, L.I.: Car overturns on highway (Newsday)
Greenport, L.I.: Multi-car accident, cop injured (Newsday)
Hempstead, L.I.: Girl, 5, struck at busy intersection (Newsday)
Long Island Expressway: Drunk driver slams police cruiser (Newsday)
Related: Injured cop has been hurt on L.I.E. before (Newsday)
Cutchogue, L.I.: Beloved resident critically injured (Newsday)
Queens: Tanker truck crashes, spills 3,000 gallons of diesel (Newsday)
Yonkers: Three car crash, one hospitalized (Journal News)
Rye, N.Y.: Driver tries to avoid deer, damages utility pole (Journal News)
Yorktown, N.Y.: Drunk driver runs into ditch, three children in car (Journal News)
Hoboken, N.J.: Former Mayor charged in DUI (Hoboken Now)
Northern New Jersey: Icy weather leads to multiple crashes (Star-Ledger)

Following Up

Bronx: Cop pleads not guilty in shooting of drunk driver (News)
Staten Island: Manslaughter charges in drag racing crash (Advance)

Trends

New Jersey: Peer education program to reduce teen driving deaths (Newsday)
Journal News/LoHud.com solicits reports of bad drivers (LoHud.com)

About the Weekly Carnage

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