The Weekly Carnage
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: Crack-Smoking Driver Charged With Manslaughter for Killing 2 Kids (News 1, 2, Post, NY1)
- Staten Island: Unlicensed 16-Year-Old Kills Self, Injures Friend in One-Car Crash (Advance 1, 2, 3)
- Spotswood, NJ: 1 Killed, 2 Hurt in Three-Car Collision (S-L)
- Barnegat, NJ: Collision Between Two SUVs Kills 1, Injures 4 (S-L)
Photo: Daily News- Gothamist Newsmap: 5 Pedestrians Struck Since Sunday (Gothamist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Brooklyn: Two Fire Trucks Collide, Injuring 12 (NYT, News)
- Brooklyn: Major Crash Reported Near Cadman Plaza (Gothamist, Advance)
- Serious Staten Island Collision Injures 2 (Advance)
- Yorktown, NY: 73-Year-Old Charged With DWI, Leaving Scene After Head-On Crash (LoHud)
- Southampton, LI: Wrong-Way Driver Rams Three Police Cars, Four Others (Newsday)
- Melville, LI: Ladders Fall Off Truck, Shut LIE for 90 Minutes; 4 Injured; Driver Has No Idea (Newsday)
- Melville, LI: 3 Injured in SUV Collision (Newsday)
- Holbrook, LI: 2 Drivers, 1 Child Injured in Two-Car Crash (Newsday)
- Yaphank, LI: School Bus Rear-Ended; No Injuries Reported (Newsday)
- Jersey City: Homeless Man Hit, Hospitalized (Jersey Jrnl)
- Secaucus, NJ: DWI Man Arrested When 12-Year-Old Passenger Calls Cops (S-L)
- Bayonne, NJ: Man Hits Parked Car, Charged With DWI (Jersey Jrnl)
- Hamilton, NJ: Turnpike Crash Injures 2 (Times)
- Mount Olive, NJ: Driver Arrested for DWI After Crashing Truck Into Tree (Warren Rep)
- Danbury, CT: 6 Hurt in Three-Car Wreck (CT Post)
- Bridgeport, CT: Five Cops Under Investigation Following Crash (CT Post)
Following Up
- Manhattan: No Charges Filed in Deadly East Village Collision (Post)
- Manhattan: Carmen Huertas Arraigned in Fatal Hudson Parkway Crash (City Room, Post)
- Manhattan: Ex-Cop, Reporter Gets Slap on the Wrist for DWI Wreck (Gothamist)
- Manhattan Times Details Last Week's Washington Heights Motorcyclist Fatality
- Queens: Cyclist Victim's Mom Continues Quest for Bike Lane on Queens Boulevard (News)
- Staten Island: "Rule of Two" at Play in Arraignment for Fatal Collision (Advance)
- Bronx: Bereaved Family Sues Over Hearse Explosion; Post Finds the Funny
- Yorktown: Man Pleads to Menacing in 2008 Fatal Crash (LoHud)
- Freeport, LI: Man Gets Up to 15 Years for 2008 Fatal DWI Crash (Newsday)
- Mineola, LI: Repeat DWI Offender Sentenced to 7-21 Years for Killing Student (AP)
- Schuler Taconic Crash, Other "DWI Mom" Stories Profiled on "Oprah" (Newsday)
- Orange, CT: Police Audio Released From Cop-Involved Crash That Killed 2 (CT Post)
Photo: CNN- Sparks, NV: Couple Awakes to Find Themselves Pinned Under Car (CNN)
- Martinez, CA: Pedestrian Ripped Apart on Interstate After Hit-and-Run (KPIX)
- Boise, ID: Mentally Ill Man Plows Truck Into Motorcycle Cops (AP)
- Hill 'N Dale, FL: Ped Fatally Struck By Three Drivers; One Flees Scene (Times)
- Reed City, MI: 20-Month-Old Run Down, Killed in Driveway (Cadillac News)
- Philadelphia: Cab Driver Convicted in Hit-and-Run Killing of 5-Year-Old Pedestrian (Philly Inq)
- Providence, RI: Man Hits 3 Peds, Drives a Mile With One Clinging to Windshield (AP)
- Canterbury, Australia: Ped Bridge Elevator Fails, Elderly Man Killed Trying to Cross (SMH)
- London: Cop Gets 6.5 Years for Killing Woman During 107 MPH "Joyride" (Times)
- Dallas, TX: Bus Crash That Killed 17 Called "Perfect Storm of Gross Negligence" (AP)
Photo: NYT- Halloween Especially Scary for Pedestrians (USA Today, Consumer Reps, Times, Missourian, Reuters)
- Cy Vance Kicks Off Instructive, Sobering Vehicular Crime Legal Forum (Streetsblog)
- Child Deaths Prompt News Call for Tougher Drunk Driving Laws
- NYPD Makes 24-Hour "Extra Effort" to Ticket Cellphone-Using Drivers (City Room)
- Sustained DWI Crackdown in Brooklyn's 84th Precinct Sees Drop in Other Crimes (Post)
- Freakonomics: Cab Driver Attrition, Poor Working Conditions Lead to Reckless Driving
- New York Motorists Don't Give a Damn About Your Kid (WTEN)
- Florida Dominates "Worst Places to Walk" List (Orlando Sentinel)
- Las Vegas Ped Fatalities Down Amid Crosswalk Stings (KVBC)
- New, Weaker Distracted Driving Bill Surfaces in U.S. Senate (Streetsblog Cap Hill)
- Car-Mounted Cameras Could Help Inattentive Drivers Avoid Hitting People (AP)
- "Crash-Proof" Cars: Good or Bad? (Streetsblog)
- Ohio Bike Blogger Kevin Kimmich: When in Doubt, Shout (Monster Pull)
- Children Made to Salute Cars in Huangping, China; Is It All That Different From This? (NYT)
* Since the week of June 8
** Drivers charged for deaths since the week of June 8, based on latest available reports
