Fatal Crashes (9 Killed This Week; 39 Killed This Year)

• Winslow, N.J.: Father and Daughter, 8, Hit While Riding Go-Cart (AP/Newsday)
• Suffolk County: Separate Crashes Kill 2 Men (Newsday)
• Newark: Driver Dies Fleeing Police (Star-Ledger)
• Related: His Passenger Later Dies (Star-Ledger, 2nd item)
• Brentwood, L.I.: Pedestrian, 69, Hit by VW (Newsday)
• Brooklyn: Livery Driver Killed in Bensonhurst (Daily News)
• Chester, N.J.: Man, 53, Dies in Head-On Collision (Star-Ledger)

Injuries, Arrests & Property Damage

• Patterson, N.Y.: 3 Teens Injured in One-Car Wreck (Journal News)
• Newark: More than a Dozen Injured in Van Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Brooklyn: 7 Hurt When School Bus Overturns (NY Post)
• Brooklyn: School Bus Crashes Into Brownstone (WABC) 
• Greenvale, L.I.: Suozzi Vehicle Runs Red Light, Hits a Jeep (Newsday)
• Related: Suozzi Blames Use of Siren for Wreck (Daily News)
• Related: Suozzi Says He’s Sorry (Newsday)
• Related: Vehicles With Emergency Lights Often Run Risks (Newsday)
• Port Washington, L.I.: Car Flips, Catches Fire, Occupants Flee (Newsday)
• Queens: Officer Dragged as SUV Flees Investigation (Gothamist)
• West Babylon, L.I.: Girl, 15, Undergoes Heart Surgery After Crash (Newsday)
• Nanuet, N.Y.: School Bus Driver Loses Control, Breaks Leg (Journal News) 
• Staten Island: Man on Probation for Crash Arrested for DWI (S.I. Advance)
• Pearl River, N.Y.: Car Crashes Into CVS (Journal News)
• Staten Island: Cop Injured in Wild Chase of Reckless Driver (S.I. Advance)
• Armonk, N.Y.: SUV Rolls Over, Driver Hospitalized (Journal News)
• Staten Island: Car Crashes Into Stone Wall, 3 Injured (S.I. Advance)
• Brooklyn: 3 Hurt as Car and Fire Truck Collide (WABC)
• Staten Island: Car Hits Utility Pole, Toppling Wires (S.I. Advance)
• Millwood, N.Y.: Driver, in Serious Condition, Charged With DWI (Journal News)
• Staten Island: Crash on New One-Way Street Echoes Warnings (S.I. Advance)
• Mastic, L.I.: Van Catches Fire, Homeless Man Hospitalized (Newsday)

Following Up

• Freehold, N.J.: Autopsies Show Blunt Impact Killed 4 (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Victims Remembered (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Editorial: Do More to Prevent Teen Driving Tragedies (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Columnist: The Truth About Teens and Cars (Star-Ledger)
• Related: N.J. May Open Teens Driving Records to Parents (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Editorial: Teen Driver Safety (Star-Ledger)
• Related: Teens Have Little Fear of Tougher Driving Laws, Many Say (Star-Ledger)
• Parsippany, N.J.: High School Student to Be Buried in Honduras* (Star-Ledger)
• Brewster, N.Y.: Family and Friends Recall High School Student (Journal News)
• Staten Island: Kin of DOT Worker Killed on Job Decry Plea Deal (S.I. Advance)
• Greenburgh, N.Y.: Man Struck by Car Dies of Injuries* (Journal News)
• Elmsford, N.Y.: Friends Recall Iraq Veteran (Journal News)
• L.I. Expressway: DWI Driver, 27, Gets 5 to 15 for Fatal Wreck (Newsday)
• North Haven, Conn.: State to Pay $50K After Police Chase (AP via Newsday)
• Bay Shore, L.I.: Still Missing 4 Weeks After SUV Fender-Bender (Daily News)
• Staten Island: Judge Says Woman Who Lost Brother Can Sue (S.I. Advance)
• Morris County, N.J.: Judge Gives 2 DWI Killers Prison Sentences (Star-Ledger)

Trends

• Men 77% More Likely to Die in Crashes (Newsday)
• Morris County, N.J., Roads 36% Deadlier in 2006 (Star-Ledger) 

(Photo: Journal News)

*These deaths, not counted last week, were added to the yearly total this week.