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Two pedestrians struck in South Boston over past couple of days, one dies
By adamg on Fri, 11/21/2014 - 11:35am
Police continue to investigate the death of a 67-year-old woman outside 495 Summer St. Wednesday afternoon.
The woman, not identified by police, died at Tufts Medical Center not long after being transported there. Police say the driver remained at the scene and that no charges have been filed.
Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, a pedestrian in the crosswalk at Covington Street and Columbia Road was hit by a vehicle and suffered foot and elbow injuries. The driver was cited for failing to yield, Capt. John Greland at District C-6 reports.
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The 67 year old woman outside
The 67 year old woman outside the military recruitment building and where was the other one?
Covington St. and Columbia Rd.
Covington St. and Columbia Rd.
I'd like to see
all pedestrian accident reports include if the person was in a cross-walk and/or had the walk light.
Much like an auto accident report notes if the driver left the scene, or is allegedly driving the wrong way on a one-way, the Pedestrian accident report should note (if known) if the person was walking against a light, jaywalking, or in the crosswalk.
I realize this often would not be known during the first report. I do appreciate the 2nd report in this story does say they were in the crosswalk, and I feel horrible for both victims/families, as well as the drivers.
I'm not surprised
There are honestly some days where the cars are driving so fast or unpredictably (because the driver is on a cell phone or trying to follow a GPS) that you come way too close for comfort with a collision. The thing that worries me is that there are kids around. I'm not talking toddlers, because they're usually not out in the neighborhood without supervision, but tween/teenagers who have headphones on, are goofing off with their friends or are on their cell phones and just not paying attention (some adults too). Obviously, they should be aware - but also, hitting them with a car can be avoided if you aren't speeding down neighborhood streets and rolling through stop signs.
I crossed Broadway one day at L Street. L Street had a green light, I had a walk sign and a woman was making a left from L Street onto Broadway. She made that turn so fast, not even looking to see if there were any pedestrians crossing, that her bumper came about 3 centimeters from my knees. Really? Is killing someone worth arriving at your destination one minute earlier? I think that would be hard to live with, but that's just me.
I'm all for speed bumps on the side streets. No reason for you to be driving 40mph down K St.
GPS drivers are the worse.
GPS drivers are the worse. They're eyes are off of the road and they throw common sense out the window if their GPS tells them to drive on train tracks or if they're semi is too big for a passenger vehicle only road with a height restricted overpass. Idiots.
Great Post
Exactly. This is related to something i posted a few days ago:
and you can add speeding down residential roads to that list.
There are residential sections to ALL cities. I don't know why this is so hard to understand.
- The Original SoBo Yuppie
I have been on both sides of
I have been on both sides of this but I have noticed that more and more people are just walking out into the street not paying attention. They do not obey the no walk light. Just because you are in a crosswalk does not mean you do not have to look for oncoming cars. Joggers are big offenders. They just dart out from behind cars expecting to be seen. People walking and texting don't even pick their head up to look for cars. I am not saying this is the case with these 2 people. I think we all need to be more aware of our surroundings both driving and walking. Just because you are in a crosswalk does not mean you have a shield around you. You can still be killed by a car.
As a driver of a motor
As a driver of a motor vehicle you have to be prepared to stop at all times for any reason. I was hit from behind by a car years back and the driver who hit me tried to blame me since I had slowed down quickly to avoid another car that had stopped short in front of me. Of course, legally I was in the right. The way it was explained to me by the cops was that if a little boy had run out into the road chasing a ball, it is my responsibility to be driving in a way to stop in time before hitting him.
Interesting that much of the blame is being placed on the pedestrian by the comments on this post. If it were a cyclist that had been hit and killed the outrage would have been in favor of the cyclist with 100+ comments. Sad. I guess to some people lives of people on 2 wheels is worth more than on 2 feet. Condolences to the victim and loved ones.
Parking spaces
There's not enough parking spaces. People rushing home from Fidelity so they can beat their neighbors to the parking spot. People see a spot open so they rush to the next intersection so they can bang a U-turn to get the spot. Caffeine addicts flying down Broadway so they can get their Java in the morning. Uber drivers, being the well heeled cab drivers they really are, flying around Southie nickel chasing Yuppies. And of course the Yuppies who take right turns on red so they can get their bagels and coffee at L and Broadway double parking because there are NO parking spaces.