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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor car mayhem across a metro region. For some-more upon a origins as well as role of this column, greatfully review About a Weekly Carnage.

Fatal Crashes (9 Killed This Week, 164 This Year*, 15 Drivers Charged**)

• Brooklyn: Boy, 9, Hit En Route to Temple; Unlicensed Driver Not Charged (News, Post)
• Related: Victim Joshua Ganzfried's Younger Brother Drowned in '04 (News)
  
• Brooklyn: 66-Year-Old, Out for Ice Cream With His Dog, Killed; No Charges Filed (News, Post, Post)
• Manhattan: Woman Killed by Turning Bus upon Eighth Ave.; No Charges Filed (News)
• Yonkers: Three-Car Crash Kills 1, Injures 5 (LoHud, CT Post)
  
• East Farmingdale, LI: Pedestrian Struck Leaving Night Club (Newsday)
• East Meadow, LI: Unidentified Pedestrian Killed in Apparent Hit-and-Run (Newsday)
• Greenwich, CT: Unexplained One-Car Crash Leaves Driver Dead (CT Post 1, 2)
  
• Naugatuck, CT: Motorcyclist Thrown From Bike; Police Investigating Cause (AP, CT Post)
  
• Edison, NJ: Motorcyclist Killed in Collision With Limousine (Star-Ledger 1, 2)

Injuries, Arrests as well as Property Damage

• Queens: Teen Hit by City Bus in Critical Condition (NY1)
• Staten Island: 10 Arrested for Drunk Driving Last Weekend (Advance)
• Staten Island: SIE Crash Leaves at Least One Motorist Injured (Advance)
  
• Staten Island: Four-Car Crash Sends One to Hospital (Advance)
• Staten Island: Motorcyclist Injured upon SIE (Advance)
• Yonkers: Drag-Racing Teen Slams Into Police Cruiser, Injuring Trooper (LoHud)
• Hoboken: Underage Drunk Driver Hits Parked Car Outside Police HQ (Jersey Jrnl)
• Newark: Police Van Rear-Ends Truck; Prisoners, Officer Hurt (Jersey Jrnl)
• New Rochelle: 12-Year-Old Hit by Driver Treated as well as Released (LoHud)
  
• North Castle, NY: Driver Critical After Wrong-Way Crash (LoHud)
  
• Rockland Co., NY: Bronx Principal Caught Driving Drunk upon Way to Work (1010 WINS, News)
  
• Brentwood, LI: Woman Hit by 2 Drivers; One Stops, One Doesn't (Newsday)
• East Rockaway, LI: LIRR Service Disrupted When Driver Flips SUV upon Tracks (Newsday)
• East Hampton, LI: Actress Mercedes Ruehl Ticketed for Collision With Motorcyclist (Post)
• Mt. Pleasant, NY: Another Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Nabbed upon Taconic (LoHud, Post)
• Nanuet, NY: Driver Crashes Into Restaurant, Pleads Brake Failure; No Charges (LoHud)
• Stamford, CT: Medical Condition Suspected in One-Car Crash; Driver in Serious Condition (CT Post)
  

Following Up

• Manhattan: Truck Driver upon Trial for Murder in Death of British Tourists (News, Post)
• Bronx: Livery Driver Testifies Against Man Accused of Causing Fatal Ped Crash (News)
• Ossining, NY: Woman Arrested for July Hit-and-Run Death of Man in Driveway (LoHud)
• Carmel, NY: Driver Arrested for Running Man Down After Argument (LoHud)
  
• New Brunswick, NJ: Man Gets 8 Years for DWI Killing of Police Officer (1010 WINS)
• Somerville, NJ: Man Pleads Guilty in DWI Death of Fiance (Star-Ledger)

Out of Town

• Cleveland, OH: Cycling Yale Grad Killed in Hit-and-Run (New Haven Safe Streets)
  
• Amherst, MA: 1 Cyclist Hurt, 1 Killed in Hit-and-Run (AP)
• Raleigh, NC: Wedding Becomes Memorial Service When Groom-to-Be Dies in Two-Car Crash (AP)
• Atlantic Beach, SC: Mayor, Repeat Traffic Offender, Arrested for DWI (AP)
• Atlanta, GA: School Bus Driver Charged With Homicide in Student's Death (AJC)
• Fairbanks, AK: Woman Indicted for Manslaughter in "Car Surfing" Fatality (AP)
  
• Dunmore, PA: Driver Plows Into Crowd Gathered for Charity Event, Pleads Brake Failure (AP)
• Claysville, PA: Head-On Collision Precipitated by Post-Proposal Kiss (AP)
  
• Scranton, PA: Police Fail to Locate Fatal Crash Site for Days Despite Numerous 911 Calls (AP)
  
• West Friendship, MD: Man Killed upon Road He Decried as Unsafe (AP)
• Jeromesville, OH: Man Crashes Into House, Struck as well as Killed Walking Away From Scene (AP)
  

Trends

• Future Manhattan DA Cy Vance: I Will Crack Down upon Traffic Crime (Streetsblog)
  
• Burden of Safety Has Long Fallen upon Most Vulnerable Road Users (Streetsblog)
• Westchester Bill Would Allow Seizure of DWI, Drag Racing Vehicles (News)
  
• Another Cost of Drunk Driving: Nassau Cops Racking Up Overtime (Newsday)
• Oregon DOT: More Drivers Distracted, Failing to Yield to Cyclists (Hard Drive)
  
• NYT: It's Time for a Federal TWD Law
  
• Which Should Concern Parents More: 115 Abductions or 250,000 Traffic Injuries? (NYT)

* Since a week of Jun 8
** Drivers charged for deaths given a week of Jun 8, based upon ultimate accessible reports

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