Fatal Crashes (19 Dead This Week; 5 Dead This Year)

• New Jersey: 9 Die Across State in a Long Weekend of Crashes (Star-Ledger)
• Related: NYC Officer, 2 Daughters Killed as SUV Veers Off Highway (Daily News)
• Related: SUV Rams Sedan, Killing 2 in North Bergen (NYT)
• Bronx: Man Drives SUV Into Crowd, Kills Boxer, Flees (NYT)
• Related: Victim Savored Boxing’s Hard-Knock Life (NYT) 
• Queens: Man Racing a Car Flips It, Dies in an ‘Accident’ (NYT)
• Queens: Woman Leaving Funeral Dies in Crash (Daily News)
• Plainsboro, N.J.: Man in Wrong-Way Wreck Before Girlfriend’s Eyes (Star-Ledger)
• Old Bridge, N.J.: Woman, 21, Killed Backing Out of Driveway (Star-Ledger) 
• N. Amityville, L.I.: Man Veers Off Parkway, Hits Trees (Newsday)
• Lynbrook, L.I.: Driver Strikes Dark-Clothed Teen Who Ran Into Street (Newsday)
• Peekskill, N.Y.: 5 Orphaned in Ecuador After Father is Hit by Car (Journal News) 
• Related: Offers of Help for 5 Children (Journal News)
• Southampton, L.I.: Woman, 21, Strikes Tree and Is Ejected From SUV (Newsday)
• Nashua, N.H.: Julliard Student/Actor Killed in Crash With Tree (Wow Report) 

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

• Queens: Mother of Six Clings to Life After SUV Veers on L.I.E. (Daily News)
• Related Man Flees on Foot, Is Charged (NYT)
• Related: Friends Tackle DWI Driver (Gothamist)
• Related: Assault Charges for Driver (NY Post)
• Related: Drunk Driving and Criminal Weapons Charges for Driver (Journal News)
• White Plains, N.Y.: Speeding Police Cruiser Hits Car, Killing Dog (Journal News)
• Riverhead, L.I.: Teenager on Bicycle Injured in Hit-and-Run (Newsday) 
• Kings Park, L.I.: Hit-and-Run Driver Breaks Man’s Leg and Ribs (Newsday)
• Hudson Valley: Spate of Car Accidents Mars New Year’s (Journal News)
• Old Westbury, L.I.: Man Arrested After Crash Injures Motorist (Newsday, scroll)
• Queens: Tanker Leaks Oil During Morning Rush (NY1) 

Following Up

• Greenburgh, N.Y.: Driver Apologizes for Road Rage Injury to Rapper (J N)
• Farmingdale, L.I.: Whole Family Shaken When Car Crashed Into House (Newsday)
• Related: Cops’ Tough Call on Car Chases (Newsday)
• Mineola, L.I.: Jurors in Drunken-Driving Trial May Be Queried in Verdict (NYT)
• Staten Island: Funeral Arrangements Made for Hit-and-Run Victim (S.I. Advance)
• Related: Kin Say Victim Was Retreiving a Phone From Boyfriend (S.I. Advance) 
• Mt. Sinai, L.I.: Mourners Remember 16-Year-Old Who Loved to Sing (Newsday)
• Jersey City: Mourners Remember Officers Who Died in Plunge (Star-Ledger)

Trends

• Trenton: Auto Injury Treatments May Get Price Caps (Star-Ledger)
• New York State: New Rules Limit Crash Lawyer Advertising (Journal News) 
• Staten Island: D.A. Gets Tough on DWI: 2nd Offense Leads to Jail (S.I. Advance)
• Sayreville, N.J.: Lights Activated at Accident-Prone Intersection (Star-Ledger)

Bizarre

• Bay Shore, L.I.: Man Involved in Fender-Bender Disappears (Newsday)
• Edison, N.J.: Cop Who Ran Nude From Off-Duty Crash Keeps Job (Star-Ledger) 

Opinion

• Vow to Be a Kinder, Gentler Commuter (Journal News)