The Weekly Carnage

1:11 PM EDT on March 26, 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.

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

Bay Ridge: Off-Duty NYPD Charged With DWI in Pedestrian Hit-and-Run (News)
Woodside: Off-Duty NYPD Charged With DWI After Flipping Car (News)
Kingsbridge: Boy, 4, and Mom Injured by Livery Driver; No Charges (Streetsblog, R'dale Press, News)
Dyker Heights: Drunk Driver Hits Man, Slams Into Parked Cars; Victim "Expected to Survive" (News)
Manhattan: Multiple-Car Collision on FDR; Injuries Unknown (Post)
SI: 4 Hospitalized in Three-Vehicle Crash on Korean War Veterans Parkway (Advance)
Elm Park, SI: Three-Vehicle Crash Leaves 1 Trapped; Injuries Unknown (Advance)
Queens: Passengers Helpless as Raging Cabbie Chases Limo on Van Wyck Expressway (Post)
Carroll Gardens: Car Thief Arrested After Red Light Stop (Bklyn Paper)
Ridgewood: Driver Arrested, Arraigned in Two-Vehicle Hit-and-Run (YN)
New Springville: Drunk Driver Confesses on the Scene (Advance)

Luten Avenue outside Tottenville High School, where 17-year-old Janine Brawer was fatally struck last November, is getting a center median, new traffic signals and wider crosswalks.

Following Up

Improvements in Progress on Staten Island Street Where Janine Brawer Was Mortally Injured (NY1)
Assembly Member Adam Clayton Powell IV Convicted of DWAI; Says He Was Framed (NYT, Post)
Accused Driver Charged With Murder in Death of Karen Schmeer (News, DNAinfo)
Jayson Williams' Counsel Claims He Wasn't the Driver in Drunken FDR Crash (Gothamist)
Traffic Stop Charges Dropped Against Rev. Al's Ex-Wife and Daughter (Post)
Firefighter Cyclist Nearly Killed in 2005 Named Among World's Fittest Men (Post 1, 2)

In the Region, Out of Town

Harrison, NY: "Runaway" Prius Case Ruled Bogus (AP)
Westchester Couple Suing Toyota Over 2008 Crash That Killed Son (WINS, Gothamist)
Franklin Lakes, NJ: Dwight Gooden Charged With Drugged Driving, Leaving Scene (AP, News)
Keyport, NJ: Cable Worker Falls 20 Feet When SI Driver Hits Ladder (Advance)
Munfordville, KY: "At Least 10" Dead in Interstate Collision Between Van and Semi (AP)
San Diego: David "Puck" Rainey From "The Real World" Seriously Hurt in One-Car Crash (CBS)

Other News

NHTSA: 33,963 Americans Killed in Traffic in 2009 Marks a Record Low (Wheels)
East Flatbush: Residents, Merchants Want Changes at Out-of-Control Avenue D and Utica (YN)
James Molinaro: More Pavement, Wider Intersections Will Help SI's "Traffic Problem" (NY1)
DOT Resists Pleas for Stoplight at Perilous University Heights Intersection (Norwood News)
Endangering Cyclists "Acceptable" to Brooklyn Heights Church, 84th Precinct (Bklyn Paper)
Council Member Says DC Is Soft on Drivers Who Kill (GGW)
Signal Timing, Traffic Cams Under Scrutiny in Chicago (CBN)
Can Drivers Lose the Persecution Complex to Protect Kids? Don't Count on It. (Times-Picayune)
Streets Designed to Slow European Motorists Will Work in U.S. Too (Infrastructurist)

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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