The Weekly Carnage

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Fatal Crashes (10 Killed This Week; 121 Killed This Year)

Road Rage

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Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

Following Up

Trends

Opinion

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The Weekly Carnage

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Fatal Crashes (17 Killed This Week; 419 Killed This Year) Queens: DWI Crash Kills Rap Promoter, 22 (Daily News) Queens: Two Pedestrians Killed in Separate Crashes (Newsday, Queens Chronicle) Queens: DOT Worker Placing Cones is Struck and Killed (NY Post, AM NY, NY1) Queens: Cyclist, 13, Killed by Driver With Dud License (Daily News, Newsday) Queens: Man, […]

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Fatal Crashes (20 Killed This Week; 567 Killed This Year) Brooklyn: 2 Cyclists Killed in Separate Crashes (Streetsblog, Newsday) Queens: SUV Backs Into and Kills Baby in Stroller (News, Newsday) Queens: Teen Dies in Fiery Stolen Car Wreck, 2 Hurt (Post, Newsday) Queens: Man, 53, Killed in Hit-and-Run (WABC 7) Manhattan: Girl, 2, Flies Out Minivan Window in […]

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This week we have two separate instances of children killed horsing around on the street. Kids, be careful out there. Also, it seems like we’ve had a lot of bus crashes lately. Queens Woman, 67, Killed in Hit-and-Run (Daily News) Boy, 13, on Way to School Seriously Injured by Bus in Queens (NYT) Playful Shove Nearly Cost the Boy His […]

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Fatal Crashes (16 Killed This Week; 227 Killed This Year) Bronx: Only Son of Deceased G.I. Crushed by Mother’s SUV (Daily News) Related Trend: Parents Put Spotlight on Toddler Deaths by ‘Backover’ (AM NY) Queens: Woman, 23, Struck and Killed by Mini-School Bus (NY1, WNBC 4) Brooklyn: SUV Jumps Curb, Pins Woman to Wall (NY Post, Gothamist, WABC) Brooklyn: Hit-and-Run Crash […]

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Fatal Crashes (14 Killed This Week; 197 Killed This Year) Manhattan/Bronx: Car Plunges Kill 2 (NY Post, Journal News) Related: Vehicular Manslaughter Charge for Manhattan Crash Survivor (NYT)  Brooklyn: Pedestrian Killed at Tillary & Adams (Brooklyn Heights Blog) Queens: Pedestrian Dies After Being Pinned Under SUV (AMNY) New Jersey: 3 Die in Their Cars as Storm Waters […]

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  A slight change of format this week as Streetsblog adds a completely unscientific tally of the metropolitan area’s weekly motor vehicle death count, and divides crash coverage between fatal crashes, crashes that cause injuries and those that result merely in property damage. (I expect most coverage to relate to fatal crashes as the nonfatal […]