Streetsblog New York City

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

• Manhattan: 11-Year-Old Dies When Drunk Mom Flips Car on Henry Hudson (News 1, 2, NYT 1, 2)
• Related: Driver Carmen Huertas on Suicide Watch; Vic's Father Says Death Is Too Good (News)
  
• Brooklyn: Drunk Driver Blows Red Light, Kills Chernobyl Survivor; Charged With Homicide (News, NYT)
• Staten Island: Motorist Dies After Slamming Into Parked Backhoe (Advance)
  
• Bethpage, LI: 1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Two-Car Crash; Police Look for Third Driver (Newsday)
• Danbury, CT: Passenger Killed in DWI Crash; More Charges Expected for Driver (CT Post)
  
• Raritan, NJ: Pedestrian Hit Attempting to Cross Suburban "Highway" (Hunterdon CD)
  
• Fairfield, NJ: Pedestrian Hit by Truck Driver (NJLN)
• Washington, NJ: Woman Killed After Driving Into Tree (NJLN)
• Kingwood, NJ: Motorcyclist Riding With Friends Hits Guardrail (Hunterdon CD)

Photo: Daily News

• Gothamist Newsmap: 8 Peds Struck in Last 7 Days, Including TEA (Gothamist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  
• Brooklyn: Mom Loses Control of Car While Parking, Plunges Into Sheepshead Bay (News, Advance) 
  
• Manhattan: Pedestrian Pinned Under Bus Prompts Post Lecture on "Jaywalking"
  
• Manhattan: Driver Rolls Car on Inwood Street (Jewyorican)
  
• Brooklyn: Bus Hits 6 Cars, Injuring 12; Driver Cites Stuck Accelerator (News)
  
• Staten Island: SIE Crash Injures 1, Inconveniences Others (Advance)
• Spring Valley, NY: Woman Hit, Seriously Hurt by Driver in Supermarket Parking Lot (LoHud)
  
• Mount Pleasant, NY: Man Stopped for Doing 120 on Taconic Parkway (AP)
• Hempstead, LI: Drunk Hit-and-Run Suspect Caught Changing Flat Tire (Newsday)
  
• Hempstead, LI: Driver in DWI Bust Wanted for Murder in California (AP)
  
• 10 DWI Arrests in Westchester, Putnam Counties Last Weekend (LoHud)
  
• Greenport, LI: Cyclist Hit by Stop-Sign-Running Driver Airlifted to Hospital (Newsday)
  
• Middle Island, LI: Drunk Driver Plows Into Outdoor Bar Patio, Seriously Injuring 2 (Newsday)
• Suffolk Co.: Recidivist on Probation for Fatal Crash Caught Driving Without License (Newsday)
• Nesconset, LI: Crash Leaves 2 Vehicles Overturned, Injures 3 (Newsday)
  
• Newark: Suspects Fleeing Police Hit Second Cruiser (S-L)
  
• Jersey City: Car-School Bus Collision Puts 10 in Hospital (Jersey Jrnl)
• Elizabeth, NJ: Unlicensed Minivan Driver Hits Baby Stroller, Slams Into Store (S-L)
  
• New Milford, CT: Road Worker Hit, Injured; Driver Flees Scene (CT Post)
  

Following Up

• Officer Andrew Kelly Indicted for Manslaughter in DWI Killing (City Room, Post)
• Axel Pablo's Killer Loses Hack License; TLC Pledges Cell Phone Crackdown (News, Post)
• Sentencing of Auvryn Scarlett Delayed (Teletext)
• News Files Late Report on Death of Queens Pedestrian Angela Ambrose
  
• Sole Taconic Wrong-Way Crash Survivor on the Mend (Post)
• Cortlandt, NY: Man Charged With Manslaughter for Fatal September DWI Crash (LoHud)
  

Out of Town

• Ballston Spa, NY: Former Rep. John Sweeney Loses License for Refusing Sobriety Test (AP)
• Pomfret, NY: Rental Truck Driver Tries to Skirt Train Crossing Gate; 3 Dead (AP)
  
• Port St. Lucie, FL: Queens Woman Nabbed in 110-MPH Chase With Daughter in Van (News)
• Tampa, FL: Mother, 2 Kids Hit Crossing Street (AP)
  
• San Francisco: Cyclist Snaps, Posts Photo of Hit-and-Run Driver Plate (jwz)
• Redwood City, CA: Dump Truck Driver Kills Cyclist; Claims No Knowledge of Crash (Sblog SF)
• Springdale, AR: 22-Month-Old Killed by 12-Year-Old Brother Attempting to Move Minivan (AP)
  
• Bismarck, ND: Truck Carrying ICBM Parts Crashes When Driver Distracted by Bug (AP)
  
• Washington, DC: Emerging U.S. Soccer Star Charlie Davies Injured in Fatal Crash (News)
  
• Pittsburgh, PA: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks Uninjured in Film Shoot Collision (Entertainment Daily)
  

Trends

• New York, San Francisco Columnists Wage Anti-Pedestrian Offensive (Streetsblog NYC, SF)
• For Some Idea of What Walking Is Like, "New York" Post Editors Should Watch This Streetfilm
  
• Assembly Member Wants to Calm Broadway-Amsterdam "Bowtie" (Gothamist)
• Gov. Paterson Lobbied for Street Safety Improvements (LIBN)
• Paterson Seeks Penalties for Truckers Who Drive Where They Shouldn't (AP)
  
• New Jersey Ped Fatalities Up 33 Percent; Advos Petition Corzine for Complete Streets (S-L, APP)
• NJ State Troopers Will Target Tailgaters -- for Two Weeks (AP)
• Why Is Traffic Enforcement Often Limited to "Special Occasions"? (Tulsa Examiner)
• Study: Vigorous Ticketing Has Reduced Distracted Driving in D.C. (WaPo)

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