Posts tagged pedestrian

• School Bus in Immokalee Hits Pedestrian

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A pedestrian was crossing the street in Immokalee when she was hit by a school bus and run over by the rear tires of the bus. A crossing guard had given her the okay to cross the street. The school bus driver was making a left hand turn when there was still time left on the pedestrian crossing light. The crossing guard told investigators that, just after the bus hit Gonzalez, she looked...

• Crossing The Street With The Light - Not As Safe As It Should Be

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2007 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just trying to walk across the street in a crosswalk and with the traffic light should not make anyone a traffic fatality.Four-Year-Old Killed by Hummer Shouldn't Have Died in VainThe death of four-year-old James Jacaricce at the intersection of Third Avenue and Baltic Street in Brooklyn yesterday didn't make a huge splash in the news. But it should have. What were James and his 18-year-old...

• Pedestrians Do Not "Materialize" In Path Of Vehicles

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2007 5:36 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A news item about a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle reminds me of some past experiences in similar situations.Teen in critical after being hit by carSt. Petersburg, Florida - A girl struck by a car on Wednesday night has been identified as an 18-year-old Largo High School student.St. Petersburg Police say a driver didn't see Alicia Tergeson until she was right in front of the car. Tergeson...

• Roads Are For Pedestrians Too

  Bob Carroll | February 15, 2006 5:28 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, while reading a news report, I remembered a tragic death in Pinellas County a few years ago. I represented the family of a wonderful women who was killed while trying to walk across US 19 in Palm Harbor. She was returning home from work and was crossing the roadway at an intersection which did not have a crosswalk or traffic signal. It was in a stretch of US 19 without any nearby...

• Jaywalking With Children May Be A Felony In Florida

  Bob Carroll | October 02, 2005 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida prosecutors may file felony charges against mothers who jaywalk with children. Orange County prosecutors are asking local police to arrest mothers seen crossing streets with children outside of a crosswalk. They believe offenders can be charged with felony child neglect.Florida prosecutors are advancing a plan to levy felony charges against mothers who jaywalk with children - the...