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