Streetsblog New York City

Photo: Newsday

• Brooklyn: Man Crushed to Death Changing Oil of SUV (AP)
• Staten Island: Driver Dead in Two-Car Crash (Advance) 
• Cortlandt, NY: 1 Killed After Driver Crosses Center Line (LoHud)  
• Hauppauge, LI: Pickup-Car Collision Leaves 1 Driver Dead (Newsday)
• Jackson Twp, NJ: Three Pedestrians, Including 2 Kids, Struck; 1 Dead (Star-Ledger)
• Cranford, NJ: Man Jumps to His Death Following Crash (Star-Ledger 1, 2)
  

Photo: Daily News

• Brooklyn: Food Delivery Man Seriously Hurt When FDNY Cruiser Hits Scooter (News, News) 
• Manhattan: Unidentified Cyclist Suffers Injury Involving Parked SUV (Streetsblog)
• Staten Island: 3-4 Injured, Including Child, When School Bus and SUV Collide (News, 1010 WINS)
• Staten Island: Teen Cab Driver Crashes, Narrowly Avoiding Peds; Advance Is Glad He's Okay
• Related: Dispatcher Blames Pedestrians for Being in the Way (Advance) 
• Staten Island: Car Crashes Into Restaurant; No Injuries Reported (Advance)
• Staten Island: Drunk Driver Hits 2 Cars, Punches Cop (Advance)
  
• Queens: Man Hit By Speeding NYPD Officer, Hospitalized in August Collision (News)
• Yonkers: Woman Charged With Rage Assault on Driver (LoHud)
• Yonkers: Two Seriously Injured in One-Car Crash (LoHud)
  
• Yorktown, NY: Drunk Bronx Livery Driver Stopped Going Wrong Way on Taconic (AP, LoHud)
  
• Carmel, NY: Police Look for Suspects in Hit-and-Run That Followed Argument (LoHud)
• Southampton, LI: Town Supervisor Arrested for DWI (Newsday) 
• East Moriches, LI: Drunk Driver Catapults SUV Into House (News, Newsday)
• Melville, LI: Out-of-Control Driver Hits Cars, Pinning Woman to Building (Newsday)
• Babylon, LI: Driver Hits 70-Year-Old on Morning Walk; Authorities Probe Rest Home (Newsday) 
• Brentwood, LI: Man Plows Into 4 Parked Cars, Injuring 3; Charged With DWI (Newsday)
• Bridgeport, CT: Witnesses Render Aid After Horrendous Two-Car Crash (CT Post) 
• Newark: Hit-and-Run Driver Leaves Pedestrian Critical (Star-Ledger) 
• Jersey City: Motorcyclist Stable After Collision With Suspected Drugged Driver (Jersey Jrnl) 
• Hillside, NJ: Unlicensed Woman Hits Curb, Pole, Flips Car (NJ.com)
  
• Jersey City Pedestrian Run Down in Street; Jersey Jrnl Finds the Funny
  

Following Up

• Queens: Driver Gets 3.5-Year Minimum Prison Term for Killing Two Women in 2008 (Post, News)
• Westchester: Squabbling Over Diane Schuler Crash Continues (1010 WINS) 
• Toms River, NJ: "American Idol" Ped Victim Was Drunk; Won't Affect Charges (Star-Ledger, AP)
• Trenton, NJ: Unlicensed Driver Indicted in Crash That Killed Unlicensed Motorcyclist (Times)
• Norwalk, CT: Accused Drunk Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Motorcyclist Death (CT Post)
  

Out of Town

• Westport, NY: Brooklyn Woman Killed When Husband Flips Minivan (NC Gazette) 
• Concord, VT: Three Drivers From Same Family in Four-Car Crash (AP)
• Brompton, AL: Man Wrecks Car, Jumps From Bridge to Avoid Car in Second Crash (AP) 
• Fairbanks, AK: Argument at Bar Leads to Woman Being Shoved From Moving Car (AP)
• Clayton Co., GA: Fleeing Police, Solicitation Suspect Kills Mother and Daughter (WSB)
  
• Dallas, TX: Mom Hits, Kills 3-Year-Old Son as He Rides Bike Outside His House (AP) 
• Salt Lake City, UT: Boy, 5, Killed During Family Hay Ride (AP)
• Fredericksburg, IA: Go-Kart Collides With Pickup; 2 Teens Dead (AP)
• Hopkinton, MA: 1 Dead, 2 Hurt When Motorcycles Crash During 9/11 Memorial Ride (AP)
• Chester, SC: Truck Driver With "Bald Tires" and "Bad Brakes" Cleared for Killing 2 Kids (AP)
  
• Adelaide, Australia: Professional Cyclist Sentenced for Running Down Fellow Rider (AP) 
• Beijing: Drunk Driver Who Killed 4 Avoids Death Penalty; Gets Life in Prison (AP)
• Monroe, GA: Trumpet Player Fred Mills Killed in Crash (AP)
  
• Ft. Lauderdale, FL: New Evidence Delays DWI Death Trial of Former Yankee Jim Leyritz (News)

Photo: Arizona Republic

• NYC Road Deaths, Pedestrian Fatalities Rose in 2008 (Post) 
• Post's Phil Mushnick Says Corzine and Christie Should Answer for Driving Records
• Suffolk Pols Question Whether Cams Should Target Rolling Stops (Newsday)
• Suffolk Police Focus on Drivers Near Schools, Buses (Newsday) 
• DC Artist Responds to City-Removed Ghost Bike With 22 More (WashCycle) 
• New NTSB Chief Orders Staff Not to Use Phones While Driving (CNN)
• Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Distracted (NYT) 
• Public Menace With Three Dozen Tickets Dons Monkey Mask to Evade Traffic Cams (AZ Republic)

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