The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the metro region. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.
Editor's note: Due to ongoing web site construction, Newsday content is again limited this week. Casualty reports are lower as a result.
Fatal Crashes (20 Killed This Week, 93 Killed This Year*, 11 Drivers Charged**)
- Bronx: Unidentified Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run (News)
- Staten Island: Motorcyclist Dies in Collision With Car (SI Advance)
- Briarcliff Manor: Baffling Wrong-Way Crash on Taconic Parkway Leaves Eight Dead (NYT, NYT, News)
- Related: Driver May Have Had Vision Problems; Cell Phone Found on Roadside (NYT, Newsday)
- Copiague, LI: Four Die in Head-On Crash; Drag Racing Suspected (News, Post, Newsday)
- Long Beach, LI: FedEx Driver Hits Cars, Kills Pedestrian; Police Eager to Exonerate (Newsday)
- East Meadow, LI: 68-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed by 82-Year-Old Driver (Post)
- Jamesport, LI: Two Dead, One Hurt When Car Crosses Center Line, Hits SUV (Newsday)
- Trumbull, CT: Speeding Driver Ejected From Vehicle After Hitting Another Car (CT Post, CT Post)
- Seaside Heights, NJ: "American Idol" Contestant Alexis Cohen Killed in Hit-and-Run (News)
- Related: Repeat DUI Offender Arrested, Charged With Manslaughter (Star-Ledger)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Brooklyn: Reportedly Speeding Driver Hits Teen on Fulton Street (Streetsblog)
- Bronx: Off-Duty Officer Seriously Hurt When Motorcycle Hits Trash Truck (Post)
- Manhattan: Cab Combusts Outside Plaza Hotel; No Injuries (Post)
- Staten Island: Up to 11 Vehicles Involved in SI Expressway Pile-Up (SI Advance)
- Newark: Police Chase Ends in Crash, Shootout (Star-Ledger)
- Jersey City: Elected Aids Racing Motorcyclist After Crash, Calls for Prosecution (Jersey Journal)
- Greenwich, CT: Weather Cited in Two Crashes (CT Post)
- Fairfield, CT: SUV Flips in Three-Car Collision (CT Post)
- Fairfield Co.: DUI Exploits Lead to Three Arrests (CT Post)
- Mahopoc, NY: Driver-Cyclist Crash Sparks Flip Headline, All-Too-Predictable Comments (LoHud 1, 2)
- Yonkers: Six Injured in School Bus Crash (LoHud)
- West Nyack, NY: Wreck Leaves Three Hospitalized, One in Serious Condition (LoHud)
- Hunterdon Co., NJ: Man Arrested After Gunning Car at Trooper (Star-Ledger)
- Readington, NJ: Woman Trapped in Car After Colliding With Truck (Star-Ledger)
- New Rochelle: Car Plunges Onto Tracks, Barely Missing Amtrak Train and Passengers (LoHud)
- Farmingdale, LI: Car Crashes Into House, Causes Gas Leak, Injures "At Least One" (Newsday)
- Ramapo, NY: Camper Separates From SUV on Thruway (LoHud)
Following Up
- Manhattan: Police Continue Search for Driver Who Left Harlem Ped Near Death (News)
- Related: Mother of Two Originally Reported Killed (News)
- Brooklyn: Cop Who Lost Leg to Driver Leaves Hospital (News)
- Morristown, NJ: Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Driver Gets Probation for Killing Pedestrian (Star-Ledger)
- New Brunswick, NJ: Three Charged in Racing Crash That Left Another Driver in Coma (Star-Ledger)
- NJ.com Reader Wonders Why Plaxico Burress Should Do More Time Than Donte' Stallworth
- Somerset Co., NJ: 18-Year-Old in DWI Crash Sues Tavern for Serving Her Alcohol (Star-Ledger)
Out of Town
- Asheville, NC: Driver Shoots Cyclist for Riding With Child (Streetsblog)
- Norfolk, VA: Staten Island Woman Killed in DUI Crash (SI Advance)
- Savannah, GA: Queens Man, Two Family Members Killed by Drunk Driver (News)
- Lockport, NY: Talking and Texting Tow Truck Driver Hits Car, House, Pool; 2 Injured (AP)
- Rome: After Losing Dad in 1992 Wreck, Australian Swimmer's Brother Killed in Crash (AP)
Trends
- Ray Kelly Takes a Pass on Asking Albany for Traffic Cam Legislation (Streetsblog)
- New Jersey Officials Dumbstruck by Spiraling Ped Death Toll (Streetsblog)
- Stratford, CT: Police Remove Resident Signs Urging Drivers to Slow Down (CT Post)
- CT Alcohol-Related Deaths Drop; MADD Says Not Enough (CT Post)
- In the Hamptons, Driving Drunks Home Is a Cottage Industry (Newsday)
- Chuck Schumer Wants Federal Ban on Texting While Driving (LoHud)
* Since the week of June 8
** Drivers charged for deaths since the week of June 8, based on latest available reports
