The Weekly Carnage

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The tragic deaths of New York Yankee’s pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor grabbed the headlines this week, but meanwhile, some two dozen people were killed on the region’s roads.

(Photo from the Daily News)

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Fatal Crashes (20 Killed in past two weeks; 630 Killed this year) Carmel, N.Y.: Police chief drives head-on into oncoming traffic (Newsday) Cold Spring, N.Y.: Top cop kills self, injures 2 adults and toddler (Journal News) New York, N.Y.: "Didn’t mean to kill him" Cabbie mowed down (News) Related: Manslaughter charges filed (Post) Staten Island, N.Y.: Pedestrian […]

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Fatal Crashes (21 Killed This Week; 149 Killed This Year) Tuxedo, N.Y.: 2 Truckers Killed in Thruway Crash (Journal News) Manhattan: Woman, 72, Struck by Car, Killed (AM NY) Brooklyn: Man, 68, Struck by Car, Killed, 2 Injured (Newsday) Neptune, N.J.: 3 Killed in 2-Car Crash (Star-Ledger) Related: Racing Deaths Spur Warnings to Young Drivers (Star-Ledger) […]

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Fatal Crashes (12 Killed This Week; 289 Killed This Year) Manhattan: Man, 26, Killed in Hit-and-Run at 22nd & Park (Daily News, NY Post)  Related: Family Offers $5,000 Reward for Information (Daily News) Westport, Conn.: Couple Dies as Tree Falls on Car, 2 Boys O.K. (Westport News) Related: Governor Vows to Assess Safety of Trees (Newsday, Journal News) Related: Same […]

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Fatal Crashes (6 Killed This Week; 176 Killed This Year) Brooklyn: Wife Killed, Husband Critical in Hit-and-Run (Daily News) Related: Police Look to Rear-View Mirror as Clue (NY Post) Brooklyn: 1 Dead as Car and Motorcycle Collide (Daily News) Plainview, L.I.: Pedestrian, 77, Dead in Hit-and-Run (Newsday) Related: Driver Arrested; Had History of Convictions (Newsday) Cranford, N.J.: […]

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Fatal Crashes (15 Killed This Week; 492 Killed This Year) Queens: Drunk Driver, 22, Killed, 4 Passengers Hurt (Daily News, NY Post) Manhattan: Fatal Hit-and-Run; Suspect Arrested (Gothamist) Jackson Twp., N.J.: 3 Teens Die Where 2 Died This Year (Star-Ledger) Seaford, L.I.: Pedestrian, 80, Struck by Motorist; No Charges (Newsday) West Babylon, L.I.: Cyclist, 14, Struck and Killed […]

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Fatal Crashes (21 Killed This Week; 530 Killed This Year) Brooklyn: Van Crushes Man as Pregnant Wife, 3 Kids Watch in Horror (News) Manhattan: Drunk Driver Kills Pedestrian in Hit-and-Run: Cops (Post, Streetsblog) Related: Vehicular Homicide Charge; Bail Set at $75,000 (News, Streetsblog) Related: Driver ‘Knew’ He Hit Beauty, but Left Her to Die: DA (Daily News) Related: Blond Beauty […]