[Vision2020] [Spam 5.65] Re: one injured in bop-a-student crossing
lfalen
lfalen at turbonet.com
Fri Sep 26 11:39:25 PDT 2008
It was not at a pedestrian crossing.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Art Deco" deco at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:08:27 -0700
To: "Vision 2020" vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam 5.65] Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> Why the hell do you think the oil truck was stopped at a pedestrian crossing in the first place?
>
> Didn't you read the posting of the law requiring other vehicles to stop before proceeding when another vehicle is stopped at a pedestrian crossing?
>
> Please do us all a favor. Stop driving.
>
> W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lfalen
> To: Kai Eiselein, Editor ; joekc at roadrunner.com ; Bev Bafus
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
>
>
> 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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> > Kai Eiselein
> > Editor, Latah Eagle
> >
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