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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem across the metro region. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage.

Photo: Newsday

• Queens: Cyclist, TA Volunteer James Langergaard Killed on Queens Boulevard (Streetsblog)
• Related: Mourners Again Call for a Traffic-Calmed "Boulevard of Death" (News)
• Queens: 12-Year-Old Injured in Drag Race Dies; Drivers Charged With Manslaughter (Post)
• Bronx: Dad Killed Teaching His Son, 13, to Park Family SUV (Post)
• Newark: Motorcyclist Dead in Crash Involving Two Dump Trucks (Star-Ledger) 
• Union City, NJ: Woman Struck, Killed by Truck Driver (Jersey Jrnl)
• Wading River, LI: Brooklyn Boy, 9, Exits SUV, Run Over Twice (Post) 
• Commack, LI: Suspected Drunk Driver Kills Father of Six (Newsday)
• Dix Hills, LI: Woman, 93, Killed in Four-Vehicle Collision (Newsday) 
• Suffern, NY: Family, Friends Mourn 21-Year-Old Killed in DWI Thruway Crash (LoHud) 

Photo: AP via Gothamist

• Manhattan: Cab Driver Goes Airborne, Hits Subway Station; No Known Charges (Streetsblog) 
• Staten Island: Motorist Charged for July Assault on Cyclist in Bike Lane (SI Advance, Gothamist) 
• Queens: Woman on Crack Hits Two Workers; One Loses Part of Leg (News) 
• Queens: Day Camp Bus Driver Dies at the Wheel; Kids Reportedly Unhurt (NY1, AP)
  
• Coram, LI: Man Kicked Out of Unlicensed Night Club, Plows Through Building (News)
• East Meadow, LI: Enraged by Fender Bender, Man Threatens Other Driver, Injures Cops (Newsday)
• Greenlawn, LI: Three Hospitalized in Two-Car Wreck (Newsday)
• South Huntington, LI: Two Extricated From Vehicle in One-Car Crash (Newsday)
• Bedford, NY: Tree Branch Crashes Through Mini-Van Windshield, Injuring Driver (LoHud) 
• Rye Brook, NY: Trucks Strike Parkway Bridge Twice in One Week (LoHud) 
• Lincoln Park, NJ: 89-Year-Old Charged for Hit-and-Run Cyclist Collision (Star-Ledger)
• South Plainfield, NJ: 14-Year-Old Pedestrian Hit, Injured (Star-Ledger) 
• Morristown, NJ: Man With 12 Prior DWI Convictions Awaits Latest Sentence (Star-Ledger)
• Union City, NJ: 17 Injured When Commuter Van, SUV Collide (Jersey Jrnl)
  
• Hillsborough, NJ: Teacher Charged With Drunk Driving in Crash That Injured Kids (1010 WINS)
• Hillsborough, NJ: Three Airlifted Following Three-Car Wreck (Star-Ledger)
• Hazlet, NJ: Wrong-Way Collision on Garden State Parkway (Star-Ledger)
• Raritan Twp, NJ: Woman Backs Into Police Cruiser, Charged With DUI (Hunterdon CD) 
• New Milford, CT: Three Hospitalized in Two-Car Crash (CT Post)
• Bridgeport, CT: Tractor-Trailer Crushes Car Against Concrete Barrier; 2 Injured (CT Post)  

Following Up

• Bronx: Mark St. Pierre Charged With Murder in July Road Rage Spree (Post)
  
• Manhattan: Akim Saiful Alam, Axel Pablo's Cab-Driving Killer, Cleared by NYPD, TLC (Post) 
• Related: Outraged Family Wants Justice (News) 
• Manhattan: No Charges for Driver Don Broderick in Central Park Cyclist Hit-and-Run (Gawker)
• Related: NYPD, DA Morgenthau's Office Approaches Case With Usual Nonchalance (Gawker)
• Meanwhile: Assaulted Cyclist Ray Bengen Still Waiting to Clear His Name (Streetsblog)
• Queens: Double DWI Killer Daryush Omar Sentenced to 3.5 to 10 Years (Post)
• Bronx: Parents of Michael Needham, Jr. Suing City for Unsafe Street Conditions (News)
• Westchester Co.: No Charges in Taconic Wrong-Way Crash (Post)
  
• Westfield, NJ: DUI Driver Charged With Aggravated Assault for Hitting Pedestrian (NJ Local)
• Pelham Manor, NY: Teen Rebuilds Life After Nearly Losing Leg to DWI Driver (LoHud)
• Rockland Co., NY: Man Indicted for Leaving Scene of 2008 Fatal Hit-and-Run (LoHud)
  
• Bethlehem, PA: NJ Prosecutor Fights Drunk Driving Charge (AP) 

Out of Town

• Asheville, NC: Alleged Cyclist Shooter Charles Diez Loses Firefighter Job (Citizen-Times)
• Portland, OR: Cyclist Dragged by Driver and Passenger, in Serious Condition (BikePortland)
• Baltimore: Media Says Cyclist Was Killed by Turning Truck; PD Blames Cyclist (Sun, B'more Spokes) 
• Miami, FL: Man in Argument Steals Car, Mows Down 5 Outside Bar (Herald via Transit Miami) 
• North Troy, VT: Driver Veers Off Road, Hits 2 Pedestrians, Keeps Driving; 1 Dead (AP) 
• Boise, ID: Married Couple, Ages 78 and 76, Hit, Killed in Crosswalk (KVAL) 
• St. Charles Co., MO: 9-Year-Old Hit, Killed Rescuing Duck From Road (AP) 
• Columbus, OH Cops, Newspaper: Fallen Pedestrians Usually Have It Coming (Xing Columbus)
• Phoenix, AZ: Man Accused of Using Cash for Clunkers to Ditch Car After Killing Cyclist (AP)
  
• Queen Creek, AZ: Wrong-Way Driver Kills Cyclist, Faces Manslaughter Charge (KNXV via TBAG) 
• Washington, LA: Woman Drives Through Wall of Post Office (AP) 
• Harare, Zimbabwe: Truck-Bus Collision Kills 11, Including Six in One Family (AP) 
• Washington, DC: Right Wing Flack Robert Novak, Menace to Pedestrians, Is Dead (Politico, NYT)
• Ventura, CA: "Pulp Fiction" Writer Roger Avary Pleads Guilty in Fatal DWI Crash (AP) 
• Baltimore: Prior DWI Offender Michael Phelps Had Suspended License, Drank Before Crash (News)
• London: George Michael Rear-Ends Truck With Range Rover; Insists He Was Sober (News, E!)

Trends

• Unsolved Hit-and-Runs Plague Lower Hudson Valley (LoHud)
  
• As Killer Drivers Get Off, Plaxico Burress Gets 2 Years for Shooting Himself (Streetsblog, News)
• Related: Burress Will Do 23 Months More Than DWI Ped Killer Donte' Stallworth (Fifth Down) 
• NYPD "Cracks Down" on Cell-Phone Talking Drivers -- for 24 Hours (WCBS)
• Wales Police Target Texting With Graphic PSA (News)
  
• Nassau Co. Prosecutors, Volunteers Drink and Drive for Anti-DWI Program (Newsday) 
• NHTSA, FBI: Female Drunk Driving Arrests Up; Still Trail Men 4 to 1 (CBS)
• In Pedestrian and Cyclist Collisions, Witnesses Are Victims Too (Streetsblog SF)