The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan
Nov 3, 2006

Manhattan: Boy, 16, Mowed Down on Highway (Daily News)
Related Heartless Hack Knew He Hit Kid – Passenger (Daily News)
Middletown, N.J.: 2 Dead in Crash Involving School Bus (Star-Ledger)
Woodbridge, N.J.: Chlorine Tanker Flip Closes Turnpike Exit (Star-Ledger)
Queens: 1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Truck Horror (Daily News)
United States: SUV Fatalities Are on a Roll (Star-Ledger)
Clarkstown, N.Y.: SUV Crahses Into Dining Room (Journal News)
Manhattan: Speed Demon’s Temper Cost Teen Her Life (Post)
Related: Girl Not Wearing Seatbelt in SUV Flip – Cops (Newsday)
Goldens Bridge, N.Y.: Crash Kills Former Art Director, 89 (Journal News)
East Northport, L.I.: Woman Run Over by Her Own Car (Newsday)
Manhattan: Truck Kills Pedestrian in Midtown (Post)
Bronx: Cop Hit by Car in Armed Bandit Bust (Daily News)
Manhattan: $29.5M Payout for Dwarf Struck by Speeding Hack (Daily News)
Elmont, L.I.: 7.5 to 15 Years for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed (Newsday)
Port Chester, N.Y.: Man Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run, Spared Jail (Journal News)
Syosset, L.I.: 1 Dead in LIE Crash (Newsday)
Centerport, L.I.: Man, 62, Killed in Wrong-Way Crash (Newsday)
Bronx & Manhattan: Buses Hit 2 – 1 Fatally (Post)
Related: Mystery Driver Cleared in Run-Down Death (Post)
Queens: Pickup Hits Cruiser and DWI Suspect Crashes (Post: 2nd & 4th items)
Queens: Woman, 81, Critically Injured by Truck (Post: scroll)
Brooklyn: School Bus Sideswipes Ticket-Writing Officer (Post)
Peekskill, N.Y.: Vehicle Hits Pedestrian (Journal News)
Willingboro, N.J.: 15 Injured as School Bus Hits Car (Newsday)
Somers, N.Y.: Driver Who Killed Pedestrian Was Speeding (Journal News)
West Babylon, L.I.: Motorcyclist Dead After Collision With Car (Newsday)
East Haven, Conn.: Fiery Crash Kills Man, 20 (AP via Newsday)
Related: Family, Friends Mourn I-95 Crash Victim (N.H. Register)
East Moriches, L.I.: Mom Held in DWI Car Crash (Newsday)
Manhattan: Cops Dealing With Crash Deliver Baby (Newsday)
Babylon, L.I.: Arrest Made in Police Chase (Newsday)
Garden City, L.I.: Driver on Sleeping Pills Hits Officer (Newsday)
Spring Valley, N.Y.: Driver Seriously Injured in Car Crash (Journal News)
White Plains, N.Y.: Multi-Car Pileup Cleared From I-287 (Journal News)
Greenburgh, N.Y.: Three Charged With Drunken Driving (Journal News)
Cortlandt, N.Y.: Three Others Charged With Drunken Driving (Journal News)
Upstate N.Y.: Moose Are Back, Just Ask Drivers (AP via NYT)
Stony Point, N.Y.: In Car Vs. Deer Crashes, Everybody Loses (Journal News)
Warren, Conn.: Farm to Employ People with Brain Injuries (via Newsday)

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