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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: Daily News

• Queens: Teen Driver Pitied for Killing 32-Year-Old Pedestrian (News) 
• Brooklyn Bridge: Man Dies After Slamming Into Parked DOT Truck (News)
• Staten Island: Motorcyclist "Pops a Wheelie," Hits Parked Car (SI Advance)
  
• Throgs Neck Bridge: Worker Crushed by Truck Boom (City Room)
• Newark: Pedestrian, 74, Killed by Driver of Stolen Car (1010 WINS) 
• East Meadow, LI: Brothers Killed Crossing Tpk.; Driver Charged With Manslaughter (Newsday)
• Holbrook, LI: Woman Killed in Collision With Tractor-Trailer (1010 WINS) 
• Chester, NY: Teen Crashes, Killed Passing Friends' Cars (1010 WINS)
• Bridgeport, CT: Mechanic Crushed When Car Slips Off Jack (CT Post)
• Norwalk, CT: Carjacker Dies in Police Chase (CT Post)
• New Fairfield, CT: Motorcyclist Hits Utility Pole (CT Post)
  

• Queens: Witnesses Watch Cop Car Run Light, Send Man Flying; NYPD Exonerates Its Own (News)
  
• Staten Island: Livery Driver Hits Parking Agent Over Ticket; SI Advance Readers Cheer
• Manhattan: Crash Leaves Cab Overturned in Chelsea, 3 Seriously Injured (Streetsblog, 1010 WINS)
  
• Manhattan: Driver Crashes Into Two W. Village Businesses; No Injuries Reported (Runnin' Scared)
• Bronx: Car With NYPD Placard Blocks FDNY From Hydrant; Four Kids, One Cat Injured (Post)
• Smithtown, LI: Man Arrested for Trying to Run Over Muslim Woman and Daughter (Newsday) 
• Southeast, NY: Man Chases DWI Suspect 15 Miles; "He Could Have Killed Someone" (LoHud)
• Bridgewater, NJ: Suspect Wanted in Pedestrian Hit-and-Run (NJ Local) 
• East Brunswick, NJ: Driver Reaching for Water Bottle Crashes Into House (Star-Ledger)
• Plainsboro, NJ: Man Drives Over Woman's Foot for Trying to Stop Him From DWI (Times)
• Bridgeport, CT: Crowd Threatens Driver of Car Hit by Dirt Bike Rider (CT Post) 
• North Castle, NY: Truck Driver With Suspended License Hits House (LoHud)
  

Following Up

• Manhattan: Cab-Driving Ped Killer Shaiful Alam Had 11 License Points (Post, News)
• Queens: Road Worker Recovering After Losing Part of Leg to Coked-Up Driver (LoHud)
• Newark: Suspect Arrested in Fatal June Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger) 
• Westchester Co.: Diane Schuler Autopsy Report Released to Family (Newsday)  
• New Rochelle: Bronx Man Charged With Manslaughter for Fatal May Collision (LoHud) 
• Wading River, LI: 9-Year-Old Boy Killed by SUV Was Foster Child in ACS Care (News)
• Dix Hills, LI: Mother, Friend Want Safety Fixes Where Cyclist Was Killed (Newsday)
  
• Stratford, CT: Saga Continues Over Car Damaged by Cop Who Had Seizure (CT Post)
  

Photo: AP via Daily News

• Ted Kennedy Haunted by Chappaquiddick, But Not Punished or Forgiven (News, Newsday)
  
• NJ Gov. Candidate Christie Stopped Without Registration or Insurance Info in '05 (1010 WINS)
• Camden, NJ: Toyota Settles Suit With Families of Three Boys Who Died in Trunk (AP)
• Syracuse, NY: Girl, 9, Struck and Killed While Skateboarding (AP)
• Oxnard, CA: Driver Pulled From Truck Stranded on Train Tracks After Collision (AP) 
• Salinas, CA: Truck Driver Gets Three Years for Hit-and-Run That Injured 2 Peds (AP) 
• Madisonville, KY: Man Charged With Murder in Pedestrian Death (AP) 
• St. Louis, MO: Cleveland Indians Bus in Collision With Car; Other Driver Injured (AP) 

Trends

• TA Report: Given the Will, NYPD Could Reduce Reckless Driving (Streetsblog, News) 
• Manhattan DA Candidates Vance and Snyder Unveil Traffic Safety Campaign Planks (Streetsblog) 
• Staten Island: Politicians, SI Advance Target Cyclists Amid Real-World Violence (Streetsblog)
• NYC DOT Installs 180 Crosswalk Countdown Timers (NY1) 
• Gov. Paterson Signs Texting-While-Driving Bill (LoHud)
  
• Related: Can Technology Succeed Where TWD Law Enforcement Fails? (WSJ)
• Penalty for Killer Drunk Drivers in China: Death (Economist)
• Study: Cyclists Cause Less Than 10 Percent of Bike-Car Collisions (T'hugger)
  
• Turnpike, Parkway Patrols Cost New Jersey $62 Million a Year (AP)
• NJ Columnist Jim Six: "Moronic" Pedestrians in "Silly Crosswalks" Begging to Be Roadkill (GC Times)

* Since the week of June 8
** Drivers charged for deaths since the week of June 8, based on latest available reports