[Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing

[lfalen]

I almost hit a pedestrian the other day on Washington. An oil truck was stopped in the right lane. I could not see around him. As I pulled along side of him, two pedestrians stepped in front of me.
I have to go.Will check other post tomorrow.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Kai Eiselein, Editor" editor at lataheagle.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:03:33 -0700
To: joekc at roadrunner.com,  "Bev Bafus" bevbafus at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing

> It's not the only place, I've had two close calls on Jackson, in front of 
> the DN. Both times, cars in the left and right lanes stopped, but the car in 
> the center lane didn't. One was a minivan and the woman driving it flipped 
> me off!
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <joekc at roadrunner.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:32 AM
> To: "Bev Bafus" <bevbafus at verizon.net>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> 
> > This pedestrian crossing is a total mess. The problem is that half the 
> > people stop and half of them don't.
> >
> > And the kids, thinking they will live forever, cross no matter what!
> >
> > You are right, at the very least a traffic light is needed.
> >
> > --
> > Joe Campbell
> >
> > ---- Bev Bafus <bevbafus at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> Sorry for the flip name, but that is what my family calls this very
> >> dangerous pedestrian crossing.  I would like to see the City of Moscow, 
> >> the
> >> University of Idaho and the Idaho State Transporation Department work
> >> together to solve this issue.  Ideally, this would involve construction 
> >> of a
> >> pedestrian bridge over Highway 8 - or at a bare minimum, a stoplight.
> >>
> >> The City created this mess by allowing all the apartments on the north 
> >> side
> >> of Highway 8.
> >>
> >> Bev Bafus
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> from the Lewiston Tribune---
> >>
> >> UI student seriously injured
> >> Victim airlifted to Spokane following car-pedestrian accident Tribune
> >>
> >>
> >> Tuesday, September 23, 2008
> >>
> >> MOSCOW - A Coeur d'Alene man attending the University of Idaho was 
> >> severely
> >> injured when a car hit him in a Moscow crosswalk Monday around noon, the
> >> Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported.
> >>
> >> James R. Hazelton, 20, is listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred 
> >> Heart
> >> Medical Center in Spokane, where he was airlifted after the accident, 
> >> Moscow
> >> Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.
> >>
> >> Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking details 
> >> on
> >> the accident. Duke told the Daily News that Pullman resident John P. 
> >> Hunt,
> >> 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for 
> >> failure
> >> to yield to a pedestrian.
> >>
> >> Off-duty Lewiston Tribune reporter David Johnson was stopped at the
> >> crosswalk on West Pullman Road at the Stinker gas station and witnessed 
> >> the
> >> accident. Johnson said he saw Hazelton enter the crosswalk walking south.
> >>
> >> The crosswalk's warning lights had been activated and other motorists had
> >> stopped, but one car traveling about 30 mph kept going, Johnson said.
> >>
> >> "It didn't brake and hit him," he said. "He flew up in the air and
> >> cartwheeled at least once."
> >>
> >> Hazelton landed about 50 feet from where he was hit, said Johnson, who
> >> immediately called 911 on his cell phone. He said Hunt slowed and turned
> >> into the Tri-State store parking lot while bystanders and motorists 
> >> rushed
> >> to Hazelton's aid.
> >>
> >> Johnson said a police motorcycle unit was on the scene in about a minute,
> >> and was quickly followed by other emergency personnel.
> >>
> >> Hazelton suffered massive leg trauma, Duke told the Moscow newspaper. The 
> >> UI
> >> directory lists Hazelton as a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass
> >> Media.
> >>
> >> New warning lights and signs were recently installed at the crosswalk to
> >> help protect pedestrians.
> >>
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