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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

Fatal Crashes (11 Killed This Week, 149 This Year*, 15 Drivers Charged**)

• Queens: Speeding Driver Pushes Car Into Mother of 2; Charged With Homicide (News, Post)
  
• Brooklyn: Wheelchair-Bound Man Hit in Crown Heights (News) 
• Centereach, LI: Driver Thrown From Truck After Running Red Light, Colliding With SUV (Newsday) 
• Newark: Man Killed, Three Seriously Injured in Two-Car Collision (Star-Ledger) 
• Woodbridge, NJ: Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Car (Star-Ledger) 
• Old Bridge, NJ: 80-Year-Old Passenger Dies When Driver Hits Armored Truck (Star-Ledger)
• Jackson, NJ: Driver Crosses I-195 Median; Two Dead (Star-Ledger)
• Cranbury, NJ: Truck Driver Killed in Fiery Turnpike Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Brick, NJ: Two Dead, Two Critical After Head-On Collision (Star-Ledger)

Photo: SI Advance

• Brooklyn: NYPD Denies Help to Cyclist Assaulted in Bike Lane (Fifty Car Pileup)
  
• Brooklyn: Unidentified Cyclist Reported Injured on Jay Street (Streetsblog)
• Bronx: Construction Worker Left Near Death After Hit-and-Run (News) 
• Bronx: "Good Samaritan" Pursues Hit-and-Run Driver in Eight-Mile High-Speed Chase (News)
  
• Manhattan: Driverless Truck Barrels Through Midtown; No Injuries, No Charges (News)
• Manhattan: Another Day, Another Flame-Engulfed Cab (Streetsblog, Post)
• Queens: Driver Doing 100 MPH Plows Into Motorcycle Dealership (NY1) 
• Staten Island: Police Chase Teen at 130 MPH on KWV Parkway (SI Advance) 
• Staten Island: Driver Shielded From Motorcyclist's Friends After Serious Collision (SI Advance)
• Related: Five Motorcyclists Killed on SI Since June (SI Advance)
• Staten Island: Three Arrested After Crashing Stolen Car; Motorist, Cop Injured (SI Advance)
  
• Staten Island: Two Trapped in Overturned SUV on Hylan Boulevard (SI Advance) 
• Staten Island: Crash at Verrazano Toll Plaza Reportedly Pins Driver in Car (SI Advance) 
• Yonkers: Two in "Grave Condition" After Driver Jumps Curb, Hits Pole (LoHud)
• White Plains: Hit-and-Run Ped Killer, License Suspended for One Year, Caught Driving (LoHud) 
• White Plains: Man in Wheelchair Struck (LoHud) 
• N. White Plains: Motorcyclist Charged for Trying to Run Over Cop (LoHud)
• North Salem, NY: Man Fleeing State Troopers Crashes Into Tree (LoHud)
• East Islip, LI: Woman Hits Unmarked Police Car, Injuring Officer; Charged With DWAI (Newsday)
• Roosevelt, Hampton Bays, LI: Drunk Driving Dads Caught With Kids in Cars (Newsday 1, 2)
  
• Yaphank, LI: Woman, Infant Injured in One-Car LIE Crash (Newsday) 
• Medford, LI: Three Escape Serious Injury When Mercedeses Collide on LIE (Newsday)
• Wantagh, LI: Nun Crashes Church-Owned Car, Charged With DWI (Newsday)
• Hempstead, LI: Motorcyclist With 26 License Suspensions Still Riding (Newsday)
• Newtown, CT: Two Rollover Crashes on Same Street Within 36 Hours (CT Post) 
• Woodbridge, NJ: Pedestrian Critical Following Hit-and-Run (Star-Ledger) 
• Hamilton, NJ: Driver Wanted in Hit-and-Run That Left Motorcyclist Critical (NJ.com) 

Following Up

• Bloomberg Honors Girl Who Stopped Bus Following Driver's Heart Attack (1010 WINS)
  
• Staten Island: Motorcyclist Killed Doing "Wheelie" Identified (SI Advance) 
• Westchester Co.: Diane Schuler's Family Continues to Question Autopsy Findings (Newsday)
• Newark: Cops Still Looking Driver of Stolen Car Who Killed Pedestrian (Star-Ledger) 
• Woodbridge, NJ: Man Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Drag Racing Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Grand Jury Clears Driver in May Wreck That Killed 16-Year-Old Girl (Star-Ledger)
• Plainfield, NJ: Ex-Cop, Repeat DWI Offender, Escapes Jail for Causing Three-Car Crash (Star-Ledger)
• Norwalk, CT: Driver Charged With Manslaughter for July Motorcyclist Death (CT Post) 
• Bridgeport, CT: Man Gets 45 Months for Hit-and-Run Death, Attempting to Flee Country (CT Post) 

• Toronto: Questions Surround Cyclist Dragging Death (CTV, T'Hugger)
  
• Tulsa, OK: Driver Charged With Negligent Homicide in Cyclist Hit-and-Run (Tulsa World)
• Madison, WI: State Rep Blows Red Light, Plows Into, Injures, Cyclist (Cyclelicious)
  
• St. James, MD: 8-Year-Old Cyclist Hit, Suffers Fractured Skull, Loses Part of Leg (AP)
• Douglasville, GA: Man Plows SUV Into House During Birthday Party; 1 Dead (AP) 
• Redmond, WA: Three Infants Taken to Hospital When SUV Driver Rams Daycare Center (AP) 
• Charleston, IL: Drunk, High and Texting, Father Crashes Through Fence, Killing Daughter, 5 (AP)
• Jonestown, PA: Boy, 3, Loses Both Grandfathers in Separate Same-Day Crashes (AP)
• New Port Richey, FL: 2-Year-Old Seriously Injured When Mom's Car Backs Over Him (AP)
  
• Phoenix, AZ: Man Ignores Pleas Not to Drive, Dies in Crash Leaving Bar (AP)
• Concrete, WA: DWI Defendant Who Killed Two Commits Suicide (AP) 
• Shreveport, LA: Former New England Patriot John M. Stephens Killed in One-Vehicle Crash (AP)
  

Trends

• NYPD Concerned About Officer Road Safety, Provided They're Off-Duty and on Motorcycles (Post)
• Feel the Rage: SI Advance Readers Sound Off on Everyone Else's Driving Habits
  
• Neither Corzine Nor Christie Setting a Good Example for Jersey Drivers (NJ.com 1, 2)
  
• Newark to Get Red Light Cameras (Star-Ledger)
• Stamford, CT: Crossing Guard Pay Assigns Low Value to Keeping Kids Safer (CT Post) 
• Louisiana Toughens Penalties for Drivers Who Refuse Breathalyzer Test (AP)
• Haberman: New York's Weak Texting Law Typical of Albany Apologists
  
• Survey Says Eight in 10 Americans Support TWD Bans (WSJ)
• Toyota Working on Drunk-Proof Ignition Lock (Breitbart)
  
• Drunk Driving a Natural Product of U.S. Car Culture (Streetsblog)
• Motoring Class Privilege Taken to Extremes in Delhi, India (Streetsblog)
  
• Vanderbilt: Traffic Stops Do More Than Curb Dangerous Driving (Slate)