The Weekly Carnage

By Aaron Donovan
Dec 29, 2006

Fatal Crashes (18 Dead This Week)

Port Jefferson Station, L.I.: Teen Kills Passenger, Charged With DWI (Newsday)
Related: Bereaved Uncle Forgives Driver – ‘Just a Terrible Accident’ (NY Post)
Related: Driver Out on $150K Bail, Victim’s Mom Outraged (Newsday)
Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island: 3 Peds, 1 Passenger Die in 4 Crashes (Newsday)
Related: 3 Crashes Claim 3 Lives; 2 Arrested (NYT)
Farmingdale, L.I.: Man Fleeing Police Crashes Into House, Kills Occupant (NYT)
Stratford, N.J.: 16-Year-Old Steals SUV, Crashes It (AP via Newsday)
Staten Island: Woman, 20, Killed in Hit-and-Run in Front of Beau (Daily News)
Related: Manhunt for Driver; Victim Had Survived Cancer (S.I. Advance)
Bronx: Gas Station Employee Killed Crossing Expressway for Change (Daily News)
Long Valley, N.J.: 2 Teens Killed, 2 Hurt in Collision With Tree (Star-Ledger)
Related: Mourners Recall Victim, 16 (Star-Ledger)
East Rockaway, L.I.: Driver Charged With DWI in Fatal Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
Staten Island: Man, 26, Dies After SUV Hit-and-Run (S.I. Advance)
Brooklyn: Woman, 56, Killed by SUV in Hit-and-Run; Driver Charged (Daily News)
Queens: Off-Duty Officer Collides With Street Sweeper (WABC 7)
Norwalk, Conn.: Father, 38, Killed in Head-On Collision (Stamford Advocate)
Related: Autopsy Shows Driver Had a Heart Attack (Stamford Advocate)
Woolrich Twp., N.J.: 1 Dead as Greyhound and Car Collide (Newsday)
Ansonia, Conn.: 86-Year-Old Man Leaving Wake Hit by SUV (Waterbury Rep-Am)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Valley Stream, L.I.: SUV Rolls Over, No Serious Injuries (Newsday)
Brooklyn: Escalade Driver Cuts Off, Beats, Shoots Lexus Driver (Daily News)
Fairfield, Conn.: Gasoline Tanker Driver Gawking at Crash Crashes (Conn. Post)
Bronx: Access-a-Ride Van Driver Charged in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
Stafford, N.J.: Men Throw Beverage at Vehicle, Crash Follows (Asbury Park Press)
Garden State Parkway: 5 Injured as SUV Rolls Over Multiple Times (Star-Ledger)
Uniondale, L.I.: Driver Charged After Hitting Cars and Pedestrian (Newsday)
Hempstead, L.I.: Passenger Thrown 5 Feet, Driver Charged (Newsday)
Staten Island: Man, 81, Badly Injured in Collision (S.I. Advance)
Cornwall, N.Y.: Driver Runs Off Road, Sustains Head Injuries (Journal News)
Elmsford, N.Y.: Good Samaritan Clipped by Speeder, Hospitalized (Journal News)
Queens: Baggage Vehicle Gets Stuck Under Plane at La Guardia (AP via Fox)
Essex Fells, N.J.: Jogger, 48, Injured in Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger)
Kingwood, N.J.: 5 Children Injured as Bus Runs Off Road (Star-Ledger)
Patterson, N.Y.: Teen Gets DWI Charge After Crash (Journal News)
Hutchinson River Parkway: 8 Crashes in a Chain Reaction (Journal News)
Yonkers: Van Carrying 10 Hangs Off Embankment (Journal News)

Following Up

Westchester: DWI-Slay Mom Gets a Deal (AP via NY Post)
Brooklyn: Sara Robbins, 54, One of 3 NYC Pedestrians Killed per Week (NYT)
Queens: ‘DWI Granny’ Leaves Hospital (NY Post)
Jersey City: Remembering 2 Cops Who Died in ’05 Bridge Plunge (Newsday)
Staten Island: Woman Hit by Car Wins $110,000 (S.I. Advance)
Bronx: Probe Continues in Crash That Killed Yonkers Woman (Journal News)
Somers: Delays Continue in Fatal Crash Case (Journal News)

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(Photos: Top: James Carbone / Newsday; Bottom: Lou Minutoli / Newsday)

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