Posts tagged Pedestrian Accident

• Parking Lots: Confusion about laws, right-of-way causes accidents

  Sean DuBois | December 08, 2009 7:43 PM | 1 CommentPortland, OR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  'Tis the season for Black Friday sales, doorbusters, and last-minute Christmas shopping. Which means it is also the season for crowded parking lots, single-minded shoppers, and cranky children. What...

• Drunk Driver Hit's Patrol Car

  Mike Bryant | November 28, 2009 11:00 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Thanksgiving morning, State Trooper Sam Catlin was making a drunk driving stop along Highway 52 near Rochester. A speeding car being driven by a Rochester woman hit his sitting patrol car. The...

• Crossing Guard and Child Struck By Negligent Driver

  M. Brandon Smith | November 23, 2009 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This past Wednesday, a driver hit a student and school crossing guard in front of Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School, according to Clayton News Daily. The female crossing guard was...

• Corpus Christi Teen Arrested After Hit-And-Run

  Chrissie Cole | November 10, 2009 9:24 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A woman, 18, was arrested following a hit and run accident that sent a woman to the hospital Monday night, according to Corpus Christi police. Police arrived to find the woman, 26, lying in the...

• Raleigh, North Carolina Ranked the 6th Most Dangerous Area for Pedestrians

  Rick Shapiro | November 10, 2009 9:20 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Raleigh-Cary area of North Carolina (NC) has been ranked the sixth most dangerous area for pedestrians according to a study done by Transportation for America. The study is part of a larger...

• Pedestrian Crosswalk Death Highlights Nighttime Dangers and Safety

  Josh Shulman | November 09, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A horrific pedestrian accident a few days ago in Portland serves as a grim reminder of the importance for drivers to pay extra attention once the sun sets and for pedestrians to use extreme caution...

• Halloween Safety at the Forefront After Clermont Child Struck by SUV

  Angela Pulido | November 03, 2009 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Halloween ended tragically for a Central Florida family, when eight year old Mitchell MittyTrompeter, a third-grader at Clermont Elementary, was struck by an SUV and killed while crossing Highway 50...

• What Should Be Done to Curb Jaywalking?

  Sandy Grinnell | October 28, 2009 4:12 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When police try to enforce jaywalking laws, it's often a cause for a lot of verbal bashing by the anti-government, anti-establishment types and even some city officials. See what happened last July...

• Woman Injured In Hit-and-Run; State Patrol Seeks Info

  Chrissie Cole | October 27, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Kent woman, 22, was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident and now State Patrol is look for people that may have witnessed the accident. Officers responded to a car vs. pedestrian report...

• Teenager Stuck by Car and Killed in Harnett County, North Carolina

  Randy Appleton | October 26, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Friends, family, and fellow students at Overhills High School in Spring Lake gathered at the sight of a fatal accident to remember 15-year-old Jonathan McKenzie from Linden, North Carolina (NC)...