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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.

By Brad Aaron

1:01 PM EST on March 5, 2010

The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the five boroughs and beyond. For more on the origins and purpose of this
column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.

St. Albans: “Obsessed” Car Owner Kills Would-Be Thief; No Charges Filed (NYT, News, Post 1, 2)

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

Englewood, NJ: City TV Reporter Filing Toyota Story Hit Crossing Street (News)
Mariners Harbor: Suspected Thieves Crash Car During Police Pursuit (Advance)
SI: Five Arrested for DWI Last Weekend; 1 in Crash, 1 With 14 License Suspensions (Advance)
Great Kills: Sanitation Crew Hits SUV, Leaves Scene (Advance)
St. Albans: Woman Arraigned for Claiming Car Was Stolen After Attempted Hit-and-Run (YN)

Following Up

Riverdale: Residents, Media, CM Koppell Want Changes at Site of Broadway Fatality (R’dale Press, YN)
Queens: Officer Commended for Catching Killer Hit-and-Run Driver (Qns Gazette)
Phelan-Guerrero Hit-and-Run, Providence Fatality Prompt Ped Safety Committee at Brown U. (BDH)
New Springville: Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal 2009 DWI Crash (Advance)
Brooklyn: Women Awarded $7.5M for 2005 City Bus Collision (News)

In the Region, Out of Town

Ft. Lee, NJ: Pedestrian Hit, in Serious Condition (WCBS)
Clifton, NJ: Police Chase Kills Truck Passenger (WABC)
Phoenix: 6 Killed, 15 Injured in Interstate Bus Crash (AP)
Dinwiddie Co., VA: Driver Charged in Van Crash That Killed Temple Student (AP)
Barnstable, MA: Newlywed Tries to Run Down Husband’s Ex-Girlfriend (News)
Norwood, PA: Teens Upset Over Death of Cyclist Friend Commit Suicide-by-Train (Daily News)
Tampa: Alex Rodriguez and His $400,000 Car in Minor Collision (News)

Other News

NYPD Drunk Driving Epidemic Continues Unabated; Where’s Ray Kelly? (Streetsblog)
DWI Also Popular With Cops in Westchester: 6 Charged Since December (WCBS)
DOT Denies Brooklyn CB 18 Request for Kings Plaza Pedestrian “Safety Fences” (YN)
Related: Board Cites Hazardous Pedestrian Conditions at Canarsie Cemetery (YN)
Freedom-Loving Arizona Legislators Kill TWD Bill, Again (AZ Republic)
Failed Ban Sparks Seemingly Rational Discussion of Traffic Cams in Illinois (Daily Herald)
Times Driven to Distraction Series Targets Digital Billboards, a.k.a. “Television on a Stick”

Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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