Fatal Crashes (10 this week; 640 this year)

• Midtown: Cyclist doored, killed by truck (Streetsblog)
• Queens: Youth with suspended license, two dead, above (News)
• Related: Sports car was college gift, below (Post)
• Bergen County, N.J.: Relief turns to horror, two dead (Post)
• Related: American Ballet Theater mourns death of leading dancer (Post)
• Setauket, L.I.: Two car collision, pedestrian killed (Newsday)
• Patchogue, L.I.: Pedestrian killed (Newsday)
• Fishkill, N.Y.: Truck collision, one dead (Poughkeepsie Journal)
• Toms River, N.J.: Elderly woman veers off road (Star Ledger)
• Garden State Parkway: "Erratic" behavior, driver veers off road (Star Ledger)

Typically unfortunate product placement in the Post.

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Times Square: Cyclist hit by bus (AMNY)
• Upper East Side: Car ploughs through pedestrian refuge (Streetsblog)
• Selden, L.I.: Drunk driver endangers son (Newsday)
• Syosset, L.I.: Car overturns on highway (Newsday)
• Greenport, L.I.: Multi-car accident, cop injured (Newsday)
• Hempstead, L.I.: Girl, 5, struck at busy intersection (Newsday)
• Long Island Expressway: Drunk driver slams police cruiser (Newsday)
• Related: Injured cop has been hurt on L.I.E. before (Newsday)
• Cutchogue, L.I.: Beloved resident critically injured (Newsday)
• Queens: Tanker truck crashes, spills 3,000 gallons of diesel (Newsday)
• Yonkers: Three car crash, one hospitalized (Journal News)
• Rye, N.Y.: Driver tries to avoid deer, damages utility pole (Journal News)
• Yorktown, N.Y.: Drunk driver runs into ditch, three children in car (Journal News)
• Hoboken, N.J.: Former Mayor charged in DUI (Hoboken Now)
• Northern New Jersey: Icy weather leads to multiple crashes (Star-Ledger)

• Bronx: Cop pleads not guilty in shooting of drunk driver (News)
• Staten Island: Manslaughter charges in drag racing crash (Advance)

• New Jersey: Peer education program to reduce teen driving deaths (Newsday)
• Journal News/LoHud.com solicits reports of bad drivers (LoHud.com)

• Carmel, N.Y.: Police chief drives head-on into oncoming traffic (Newsday)
• Cold Spring, N.Y.: Top cop kills self, injures 2 adults and toddler (Journal News)
  
• New York, N.Y.: "Didn't mean to kill him" Cabbie mowed down (News)
• Related: Manslaughter charges filed (Post)
• Staten Island, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck (Advance)
• Queens, N.Y.: Teen driver runs down pedestrian (Post)
• Copiague, L.I.: Driver loses control, parents dead in crash (Newsday) 
• Southhampton, L.I.: Elderly driver loses control (Newsday)
• Southhampton, L.I.: Pedestrian struck (Newsday)
• Lake Success, L.I.: Man killed in tow truck accident (Newsday)
• Greenburgh, N.Y.: One dead, one hurt on Bronx River Pkwy, below (Journal News)
• Stratford, Conn.:  Car goes airborne, driver killed (Newsday)
• Manchester, Conn.: Man loses control on interstate (Courant)
• Guilford, Conn.: Woman loses control on interstate (Courant)
• Middletown, Conn.: Pedestrian struck crossing road (Courant)
• Windsor, Conn.: Teen killed in crash (Courant)
• Hartford, Conn.: Teen killed in crash (Courant)
• Cromwell, Conn.: Car found in ravine, two dead (Courant)
• Monroe Township, N.J.: Couple killed in motorcycle crash (Newsday)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Jersey City, N.J.: Two cars in accident, strike street light, above (Jersey Journal)
• New York, N.Y.: Woman hit by Chinatown bus (NYT, Post, AMNY, News)
• Brooklyn, N.Y.: Two pedestrians hit at same intersection within 90 min. (News)
• Related: Intersection is notoriously confusing and chaotic (Newsday)
• New York, N.Y.: Boy critically injured, struck by ambulette (Post, NYT)
• Queens, N.Y.: Police officer struck (Newsday)
• Westhampton: Ladder falls off van, injures 10 in school bus (Newsday)
• Eastchester, N.Y.: Off-duty EMT rescues driver from Bronx River (Review Press)
• Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Two injured in crash (Journal News)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Officer struck during traffic stop (Journal News)
• New Rochelle, N.Y.: Jeep crashes into storefront (Journal News)
• White Plains, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck (Journal News)
• New City, N.Y.: Officer seriously hurt in crash (Journal News)
• New City, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck by drunk driver (Journal News)
• Newburgh, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck crossing the highway (Journal News)
• North Castle, N.Y.: Ambulette flips, eight injured (Journal News) 
• Linden, N.J.: Bus crashes into Christmas tree lot (Star-Ledger)
• Jersey City, N.J: SUV strikes commuter train (Jersey Journal)
• Bedminster, N.J.: Six injured in crash with tractor trailer (Star-Ledger)
• Brick, N.J.: Teens run red light, hit by school bus, four injured (Newsday)

Following Up

• New York, N.Y.: One day of jail and probation for crash that maimed cop (News)
• New City, N.Y.: Six months jail for drunk driving that killed cop (Journal News)
• Queens, N.Y.: Victim in DWI crash was father of a cop (News)
• Bayville, L.I..: Funeral set for woman killed by rock falling out of truck (Newsday)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Charges against teen dropped (Journal News)
• Related: Opinion, Graduated licenses could save lives (LoHud.com)

Trends

• Nassau County, L.I.: Souzzi pledges DWI busts over holiday weekend (Newsday)
• New Jersey: State police pledge DWI crackdown (Star-Ledger)
• Rochester, N.Y.: Legislator proposes ban on texting while driving (Newsday)
• Staten Island, N.Y.: Councilman proposes ban on nitrous oxide tanks (Advance)
• Suffolk County, L.I.: Seat-belt crackdown (Newsday)
• Connecticut: Governor forms task force on teen driving (Courant)
• Costa Mesa, Cali.: Jogger struck by car wins $50M settlement (Newsday)
• Knoxville, Tenn.: Arrest for shooting red light camera, A.P. (Newsday) (Courant)

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• Ozone Park: One dead, drunk driver into oncoming traffic (Newsday)  
• Middle Village: Ambulette hits lightpost, tree, one dead (Post) 
• Queens: Vehicle collision, one dead, one critically injured (Post)
• Levittown, L.I.: Pedestrian, 62, by drunk driver (Post) (Newsday)
• West Babylon, L.I.: One dead, one injured, driver veers into on coming traffic (Newsday)
• Old Brookville, L.I.: Rock crashes through car window (Newsday)
• Setauket, L.I.: Three vehicle collision, one dead (Newsday)
• Hempstead, L.I.: Cyclist struck by bus (Newsday)
• Seymore, Conn.: Man drives truck off road (Hartford Courant)
• Westport, Conn.: One dead, four injured (Stamford Advocate)
• South Brunswick, N.J.: Father of two may have fallen asleep (Times of Trenton)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Clifton Park, N.Y.: Former Congressman arrested for drunk driving (Newsday)
• West Nyack, N.Y.: Woman seriously injured in crash (Journal News)
• Pleasantville, N.Y.: Road rage slashing (Journal News)
• Harrison, N.Y.: Two arrested for racing in interstate (Journal News)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Man hits four parked cars, charged with drunk driving (Journal News)
• Lawrence, N.J.: Student hit crossing street (Times of Trenton)
• Mountainside, N.J.: Speeding teens, three seriously hurt (Cranford Chronicle) (Star-Ledger)

Following Up

• East Meadow, L.I.: Fluke hit and run suspect turned victim dies (Newsday)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Driver in Bx River Parkway crash charged (Journal News)

Trends

• 1 in 3 NYC drivers talk on cellphone, snack, multi-task (News) (Post)
• Staten Island drivers too (Staten Island Advance)
• More risk of collisions with deer in late fall (Salem Sunbeam)

Upstate Report

• Bethany, N.Y.: Family of four dead in collision with truck (Newsday)

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Fatal Crashes (17 Killed this week; 599 Killed this year)

• Brooklyn: Driver runs red light, hits woman in crosswalk (Newsday)
• Van Wyck Expressway: Ambulette flips over, 1 dead, 5 injured (News)
• Uniondale, L.I.: Hit and run in Coliseum parking lot (Newsday)
• Malverne, L.I.: Car veers off roadway, driver killed (Newsday)
• West Babylon, L.I.: SUV slams into overpass (Newsday)
• Yonkers, N.Y.: Two dead, fiery colision on Bronx River Parkway (Journal News)
• Garrison, N.Y.: EMT died after ambulance drives off road (Journal News)
• Carmel, N.Y.: Pedestrian struck (Journal News)
• East Lyme, Conn.: Three dead, highway closed, oil spill clean up, I-95 (Newsday)
• Stamford, Conn.: Pedestrian struck (Stamford Advocate)
• Milford, Conn.: Off duty cop strikes pedestrian (New Haven Register)
• Newark, N.J.: Pick-up strikes median, flys through air, two dead (Jersey Journal)
• Hamilton, N.J:. Two youth dead in collision (Times of Trenton)

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Mineola, NY: LIRR service suspended after train hits auto, above (Newsday)
• Staten Island, NY: Jersey City cop in critical condition (Jersey Journal)
• Melville, L.I.: Karma? Driver in hit and run, then victim (Newsday)
• Central Islip, L.I.: Baby hurt in driveway (Newsday)
• Harrison, N.J.: Vehicle overturned (Gloucester County Times)
• Union City, N.J.: Police cruiser broadsided in hit and run (Jersey Journal)
• Somerset, N.J.: Hit and run victim may lose leg (Star-Ledger)
• Queens: Once Again, a Motorist Mistakes Aubergine Cafe for a Drive-Thru

Photo by John Millus. He writes: "Thursday, November 1 was the third time in two years someone has tried to make a drive-through of the Aubergine Cafe--our beloved coffee shop and chit-chat hangout on Skillman Avenue and Fiftieth Street in Woodside."

Following Up

• Smithtown, L.I.: Town grief stricken over death of teens (Newsday)

Trends

• East Lyme, Conn.: Gov. wants safety barriers on I-95 after crash (Newsday)
• Trenton, N.J.: State toughens laws on cell phone use while driving (Newsday)
• Day Light Savings Time Switch causes increase in pedestrian fatalities (Yahoo)

West Coast Report

• Fresno, CA: Two dead, freeway closed, 100 car pile-up, above (AP)

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Fatal Crashes (15 Killed this week; 582 Killed this year)

• Queens: Off-Duty Cop Inexplicably Slams SUV Into Pole on LIE, above (News)
  
• Manhattan: Off-duty cop shoots driver in road rage incident (News)
• Related: "Road rage cop speaks out" (Post)
• Manhattan: Retired Broadway actor killed in hit-and-run (Newsday)
• Staten Island: Mother dismembered in fatal hit-and-run on way to the bus (Post)
• Queens: Teen, 17, dead, after friends crash stolen car into subway trestle (Post)
• Related: Driver in fatal hit-and-run surrenders to police (News) (Post)
• Smithtown, L.I.: Teen in head-on collision, three dead (News) (Newsday)
• Related: Call for traffic calming on road plagued by speeding, crashes (Newsday)
• Huntington, L.I.: Driver loses control, slams into tree (Newsday)
• Greenport, L.I.: Motorcyclist dies in collision with a deer (Newsday)
• Long Island Expressway: One dead in three vehicle crash (Newsday)
• Mastic, L.I.: Both drivers dead in head on collision (Newsday)
• Norwalk, CT:  Body parts of truck driver dragged for miles (Newsday)
• Camden, N.J.: Courier-Post writer in hit-and-run (Newsday)

A firefighter dumps sawdust on a pool of blood and engine fluid at Madison Ave. and 53rd St.

Injuries, Arrests, and Property Damage

• Manhattan: Pedestrian struck as cab crashes into storefront, above (Streetsblog)
• Staten Island: Driver of stolen car slams into home, flees (Staten Island Advance)
• Staten Island: Charges filed after road rage incident (Staten Island Advance)
• Brooklyn: Driver crashes into bus shelter in Cadman Plaza (Streetsblog)
• Wheatley Heights, L.I.: Student, 15, hit while boarding school bus (Newsday)
• Copiague, L.I.: Man, 90, crossing highway, severely injured (Newsday)
• Huntington Station, L.I.:  Man hit crossing highway (Newsday)
• East Meadow, L.I.: Charges for woman who smashed S.U.V. into store (Newsday)
• Bronx: Girl, 7, in "fight for her life" after being struck by pick-up truck (Post)
• Congers, N.Y.: Girl, 14, struck while crossing the street (Journal News)

Following Up

• Jersey City: Police Officer offered 11-year plea deal in DUI accident (Star-Ledger)

Trends

• Morris County, N.J.: Outreach on rules for provisional licenses (Newsday)
• Staten Island: Opinion, Speed Kills (Staten Island Advance)

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