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 .
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