Here is the third installment of our Weekly Carnage column, covering the tragic fatalities that inevitably result from a car-dependent society. This week there was a lot of family trauma. A 4-year-old girl loses her mother, father and sister. An 85-year-old man kills his presumed wife. An 18-year-old son kills his father.

• 4 Die on N.J. Turnpike as Truck Slams Into Cars (NYT)
• 4-Year-Old Orphaned in 6-Car Pileup Released from Hospital (AP via Newsday)
• Girl Will Be Raised by Aunt (Daily News)
• Off-Duty Cop on Motorcycle Dies in ‘Rage’ Wreck (Daily News)
• 2 Killed in Separate Hit-and-Runs in the Bronx and Queens (WNBC)
• Hit-and-Run at Utica and Av. N Leaves Woman Dead (NY Post)
• Motorcyclist Dies After Possible Hit-and-Run on the Saw Mill (Journal News)
• 1 Killed, 1 Injured As Car Runs Off NYS Thruway (Journal News)
• 18-Year-Old Kills Father on N.J. Turnpike (PennLive)
• NYC Man on Bicycle Killed in Maine (Bangor Daily News)
• Passenger Dies as Man, 85, Hits a Building (NJ Herald)
• Man Dies in N.J. Turnpike Limousine Accident (Journal News)
• Man, 22, Killed in Crash in North Brunswick, N.J. (Home News Trib)
• Seymour, Conn., Police Chief Honors Officer Killed in Crash (Conn. Post)
• 10-Year-Old on Bicycle Injured in Williamsburg Hit-and-Help (NY Post)

(Photo by Vincent Laforet for The New York Times)