The Weekly Carnage
Fatal Crashes (11 Deaths This Week)
- Greenlawn, L.I.: Body of Man, 26, Discovered in Burning Vehicle (Newsday)
- Queens: Congressman Crowley Aide, 74, Kills Friend in Crash (NY Post)
- Related: Aide Facing DWI Charges (Daily News)
- Related: Family Won’t Hold Driver Responsible for DWI Death (Daily News)
- Queens: 12-Year-Old Boy Killed in Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
- Related: Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run Fatality (NYT)
- Queens: Teacher in Grave Condition After Being Run Over (Daily News)
- Related: Teacher Dies, Driver Weeps (Daily News)
- Related: A Bad Place to Advertise a Car (Streetsblog)
- Bronx: Yonkers Woman, Applying Makeup, Hits a Tree (Daily News)
- Manhattan: Florida Woman, 22, Killed by Sanitation Truck (Daily News)
- Painted Post, N.Y.: Driver Dies as Truck Plunges From Overpass (Newsday)
- White Twp., N.J.: 2 Men Die in Crash With Pole (Star-Ledger)
- Goldens Bridge, N.Y.: Woman, 24, Veers Into Oncoming Car (Journal News)
- Related: Piecing Together the Puzzle (Journal News)
- Greenburgh, N.Y.: Yonkers Man Killed on Errand (Journal News)
Injuries & Property Damage
- Hauppauge, L.I.: Marine Rescues Driver From Burning Car (Newsday)
- Pearl River, N.Y.: Car Crashes Into Store After Gas Pedal Mix-Up (Journal News)
- Bronx: Yonkers Cabbie Leads Cops on Chase (WABC 7)
- Port Washington, L.I.: Child Injured in Hit-Run, Driver Turns Self In (Newsday)
- Staten Island: 2 Off-Duty Cops Crash SUV, Pin Selves (S.I. Advance)
- Westport, Conn.: Family Escapes SUV Rollover (Westport News)
- Staten Island: Man Busted for Flipping SUV and Lying to Cops (S.I. Advance)
- Stratford, Conn.: Man Hit by Car in Critical Condition (Conn. Post)
- Rye Brook, N.Y.: Driver in Rollover May Have Blacked Out (Journal News)
- Chappaqua, N.Y.: 2 Hurt in Head-On Collision (Journal News)
Following Up
- Nassau County: Wrong-Way Driver Acquitted of Depraved Indifference (Newsday)
- Staten Island: $4 Million for 2004 Drag-Race Victim (S.I. Advance)
- New City, N.Y.: Hit-Run Victim’s Kin Win $1 Million From Driver (Journal News)
- Eastchester, N.Y.: Shoppers Shocked After Parking Lot Fatality (Journal News)
- Greenwich, Conn.: Man Charged With Negligent Homicide (Stamford Advocate)
- Newark: Officer Is Remembered as Dedicated Public Servant (Star-Ledger)
- Greenwich, Conn.: Brain Injury Remains, 20 Years Later (Stamford Advocate)
- Manhattan: Toy Drive for Woman Killed in Crash Moves (S.I. Advance)
- Related: Killer Cabby Doesn’t Say ‘I’m Sorry’ for June Crash (NY Post)
Trend
- NYC: Drunken Driving Arrests Jump 11% (Daily News)
(Photo by David Kolodny / Newsday)