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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.

Off-duty NYPD officer Andrew Kelly refused breath and blood tests after killing 33-year-old pedestrian Vionique Valnord.

• Brooklyn: Off-Duty Cop Kills Pedestrian, Charged With DWI, Manslaughter (NYT, Post, Post)
• Related: DWI Evidence Compromised; Cover-Up Suspected (News 1, 2, 3, Post, NYT)
• Related: Defense Says Andrew Kelly Saved Dead Woman's Life (Post, Post)
  
• Manhattan: Pedestrian Struck, Killed; Driver Charged With DWI, Manslaughter (Post, MT)
• Yonkers: Unlicensed Driver Crashes on Bronx River Pkwy., Killing Passenger (LoHud)
• Bay Shore, LI: 2 Pedestrians, Parents of 4-Month-Old, Hit and Killed; No Charges (Newsday 1, 2)
  
• Motorcyclist Collides With Truck, Hit by Car on LI's Southern State Parkway; Drivers Flee (Newsday)
• Coram, LI: Driver Dies in One-Car Crash (Newsday)
  
• Ocean Twp., NJ: Cyclist Struck Crossing Road; Investigation Ongoing (Star-Ledger)
  
• Woodbridge, NJ: Motorcyclist Flips Harley, Dies at Hospital (Star-Ledger)
• Summit, NJ: Driver Killed in One-Car Crash (Indy Press)
• Rahway, NJ: Teen Rams SUV Into Light Pole (Star-Ledger)

At least one was hurt in this Sept. 29 cab crash in the West Village, reports New York Daily Photo

• Brooklyn: 12-Year-Old Girl Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver (Post, News, NY1)
  
• Related: Family Says Driver Ran Over Victim Second Time Fleeing Scene (Post)
• Brooklyn: Unlicensed Driver Leaves Woman Critical (News)
• Brooklyn: Pedestrian Hit by Drunk Driver Severely Injured; Multiple Charges Filed (News)
  
• Brooklyn: Express Bus, Car Collide; No Injuries Reported (Advance)
• Manhattan: Fuel Truck Hits Scaffolding; Hazmat Team Dispatched (Gothamist)
  
• Staten Island: Truck Blaze Destroys 9/11 Memorial Race Gear (Advance)
  
• Staten Island: Driver Flips Vehicle on Hylan Blvd.; 2 Injured (Advance)
• Midwood, LI: 10-Year-Old Hit by Driver, Critical But Stable; No Charges (Post)
  
• Cold Spring Harbor, LI: EMT, Cop Rescue Man from Submerged SUV (Newsday)
  
• Yonkers: Man Bitten Trying to Stop Woman From Fleeing Crash Site (LoHud)
  
• Piermont, NY: Man Plows Car Into House (LoHud)
• Pomona, NY: Two-Car Collision Injures 5, Both Drivers Critical (LoHud)
• Newtown, CT: Speeding Driver Flips Minivan, Injuring Self, 3 Kids (CT Post)
  
• Seymour, CT: Single-Vehicle Crash Ends With Car in River (CT Post)
• Jersey City: Pedestrian Seriously Injured in Hit-and-Run (Jersey Jrnl)
• Jersey City: Man Crashes Into School; Charged With DWI (Jersey Jrnl)
  
• Fairfield, NJ: Drunk Teen Drives SUV Into House, Setting It on Fire (Star-Ledger)
  
• Linden, NJ: 2 Injured When Driver Hits SUV on Shoulder of NJ Turnpike (AP)
• Woodbridge, NJ: Truck Breaks Sound Barrier, Bursts Into Flames on Tpk. (NJLN)
  

Out of Town

• Cambria, NY: 2 Die in Rural in One-Car Crash; Speeding Suspected (AP)
  
• Providence, RI: Man Bites Off Ear of Ex-Girlfriend's Date, 6-Year-Old Son Run Over (AP)
  
• Phoenix, AZ: Mother, 3 Kids Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver; 1 Child Killed (AP)
• Athens, GA: Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Death of Child Cyclist in DWI Hit-and-Run (AP)
• Toms River, NJ: Comedian Artie Lange Pleads Guilty in DUI Crash (AP)
• Ventura, CA: "Pulp Fiction" Writer Roger Avary Gets 1 Year for DUI Death (AP)
  

Photo: Staten Island Advance

• News: Despite Vasean's Law, Kelly Case Exposes Continued Injustice of NY DWI Procedures
• For Cops Accused of DWI, Refusing Breath and Blood Tests a No-Brainer (Advance)
• NYPD Hopes to Calm Staten Island School Zone Chaos (Advance)
  
• Obama Admin Bans Gov't Workers From TWD; Federal Bans Forthcoming (Streetsblog Cap Hill)
  
• Motorists Defend, Rationalize Distracted Driving (NYT)
• Toyota Recalls 3.8M Vehicles for Accelerator-Engaging Floor Mats (NYT)
• NHTSA: Quiet Hybrids More Dangerous to Cyclists (NY Examiner)

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