The Weekly Carnage

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

Fatal Crashes (5 Killed This Week, 232 This Year*, 23 Drivers Charged**)

• 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

Injuries, Arrests and Property Damage

• 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

Out of Town

• 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

Trends and Other News

• 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

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