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.
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Fatal Crashes (11 Killed This Week, 201 This Year*, 20 Drivers Charged**)
- Manhattan: Elderly Harlem Man Hit by NYPD Cruiser (Post, News, NY1)
- Queens: Teen Pedestrians Struck by SUV Driver; 1 Dead, 1 Critical; "No Criminality Suspected" (AP)
- Queens: Livery Driver Crushed Changing Flat Tire (News)
- Kent, NY: Motorcyclists Hit Pick-up; 1 Dead (LoHud)
- Greenwich, CT: Motorcyclist Killed in Car Collision (CT Post)
- Livingston, NJ: Mother, Daughter Struck in Crosswalk; 1 Dead (Star-Ledger, The Local)
- Summit, NJ: Woman Walking Dog Hit by Livery Driver (Indy Press)
- Elizabeth, NJ: Teen Pedestrian Struck (Star-Ledger)
- Parsippany, NJ: New York Post Employee Rear-Ends Tractor-Trailer, Killed (NJLN)
- Wall, NJ: Man Killed in Collision With Unlicensed Hit-and Run Driver (Star-Ledger)
- Hopewell, NJ: Driver Killed in One-Car Crash (Times)
Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage
- Queens: 17-Year-Old Plows Into Bus Stop, Injures 6, Instantly Pardoned by NYPD (Streetsblog)
- Manhattan: Yellow Cabbie, Pedicabbie in Midtown Street Brawl (Streetsblog)
- Brooklyn: Serious Two-Car Collision at Grand Army Plaza (B'stoner)
- Staten Island: Unlicensed Drunk Driver Crashes Into 3 Cars, Injuring 2 (Advance)
- Staten Island: Dead Deer Spotted on SIE (Advance)
- Yonkers: Corrections Officer Charged With DWI, Fired After Collision With Firefighter (LoHud)
- Yonkers: "Wandering" Truck Driver Hits Bronx River Parkway Overpass (LoHud)
- Scarsdale: Police Look for Driver in Cyclist Hit-and-Run (LoHud)
- Hoboken: Elderly Woman Hit by Delivery Van Driver (Jersey Jrnl)
- Holtsville, LI: Man Critical After Slamming Into Police Cruiser; Charged With DWI (Newsday)
- New Hyde Park, LI: Drunk Father Drives Onto Sidewalk of Son's School (Newsday)
- Stamford, CT: Man Arrested When 11-Year-Old Son Crashes Idling Car (CT Post)
- Danbury, CT: Passenger Seriously Injured in One-Car DWI Crash (CT Post)
- Jackson, NJ: Pick-up Driver Rear-Ends School Bus, Injuring 6 (Star-Ledger)
- Somerville, NJ: Hit-and-Run Leads to Drug Arrest (Somerset Reporter)
Following Up
- Brooklyn: Grand Jury Opens Investigation Into Cop Killing of Vionique Valnord (Bklyn Eagle, Post)
- Related: Family in Anguish; Media Obsesses Over Whether Andrew Kelly Gave CPR (Gothamist 1, 2)
- Related: Fellow Ped-Killing Cop Offers Advice, Empathy From Jail (Post)
- Queens: Friends Memorialize James Langergaard With Queens Blvd. Ghost Bike (News, Post)
- Staten Island: Man Pleads Guilty in NYPD Chase Crash That Killed Husband and Wife (Advance)
- Staten Island: City Settles With Owner of Car Damaged by Fire Truck (Advance)
- Schuler Taconic Crash Attorney Works the Media, Family Calls for Grand Jury (Post, Newsday)
- New Haven: 2 Sentenced for Leaving Companion to Die After Motorcycle Crash (CT Post)
Out of Town
- Green Valley, AZ: Motorist Takes Plea in Cyclist Death, Fined $254 (Tuscon Bike Lawyer)
- Cambridge, MA: Lawmaker With 2 DWI Convictions Flees Scene of Latest Crash (AP)
- Lanham, MD: Unlicensed Driver Getting Lesson From Unlicensed Driver Crashes Into Apartment (AP)
- Ephrata, WA: Woman Reaching for Phone Crashes, Killing 6-Year-Old Daughter (AP)
- Marin County, CA: Woman Accused of Using 13-Year-Old Son as Designated Driver (SF Chron)
- Talladega, AL: Fences to Be Heightened After NASCAR Crash Injures Fans (AP)
- Hereford, MS: Baltimore Sun Editor Killed in Collision With UPS Truck (AP)
- Paramus, NJ: Hip-Hop Producer Charged After Fatal Parking Lot Hit-and-Run (AP)
- Beverly Hills, CA: Nicole Richie Injured in Collision With Unlicensed Paparazzi (Post)
- Los Angeles: Mel Gibson's Anti-Semitic DWI Episode Expunged (Post)
Trends
- Pedestrians and Cyclists Now Make Up Nearly Two-Thirds of City Traffic Fatalities (MTR)
- Fearing for Kids' Lives, SI Residents Turn to Homemade Speed Bumps (Advance, NY1)
- Car Makers Use "Smart" Gas Pedals to Curb Unintended Acceleration (Wheels)
- Fleeing the Scene Pays for Drunken California Drivers (BikingInLA)
- Can Laws and Technology Save Us From TWD? (News, NYT)
* Since the week of June 8
** Drivers charged for deaths since the week of June 8, based on latest available reports