Benjamin Smith
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The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (10 this week; 640 this year) Midtown: Cyclist doored, killed by truck (Streetsblog) Queens: Youth with suspended license, two dead, above (News) Related: Sports car was college gift, below (Post) Bergen County, N.J.: Relief turns to horror, two dead (Post) Related: American Ballet Theater mourns death of leading dancer (Post) Setauket, L.I.: Two […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (20 Killed in past two weeks; 630 Killed this year) Carmel, N.Y.: Police chief drives head-on into oncoming traffic (Newsday) Cold Spring, N.Y.: Top cop kills self, injures 2 adults and toddler (Journal News) New York, N.Y.: "Didn’t mean to kill him" Cabbie mowed down (News) Related: Manslaughter charges filed (Post) Staten Island, N.Y.: Pedestrian […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (11 Killed this week; 610 Killed this year) Ozone Park: One dead, drunk driver into oncoming traffic (Newsday) Middle Village: Ambulette hits lightpost, tree, one dead (Post) Queens: Vehicle collision, one dead, one critically injured (Post) Levittown, L.I.: Pedestrian, 62, by drunk driver (Post) (Newsday) West Babylon, L.I.: One dead, one injured, driver veers into […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Lou Minutoli / Newsday Fatal Crashes (17 Killed this week; 599 Killed this year) Brooklyn: Driver runs red light, hits woman in crosswalk (Newsday) Van Wyck Expressway: Ambulette flips over, 1 dead, 5 injured (News) Uniondale, L.I.: Hit and run in Coliseum parking lot (Newsday) Malverne, L.I.: Car veers off roadway, driver killed (Newsday) West […]
The Weekly Carnage
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Fatal Crashes (15 Killed this week; 582 Killed this year) Queens: Off-Duty Cop Inexplicably Slams SUV Into Pole on LIE, above (News) Manhattan: Off-duty cop shoots driver in road rage incident (News) Related: "Road rage cop speaks out" (Post) Manhattan: Retired Broadway actor killed in hit-and-run (Newsday) Staten Island: Mother dismembered in fatal hit-and-run on way […]