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draggonlaady) wrote2004-02-04 09:01 pm
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The Tragic Tale of Three Stupid People
From The Daily Evergreen
Car hits two near Valhalla
Two Alpha Phi sorority members were hit Tuesday night on their way to class crossing Colorado Street near Valhalla.
Freshman Sara Thompson and sophomore Katie Traff, both athletic training majors, were being treated at Pullman Memorial Hospital at press time.
Pullman police Officer Mike Austin said the driver side of the windshield was obstructed with snow, most likely contributing to the collision.
A female driver of a 1995 Geo Prism struck the women around 5:49 p.m. as the car headed east.
Austin said the driver said she only skidded two feet. He said the collision was at a very low speed.
Thompson and Traff were crossing from the southeast corner of Colorado and Thatuna Streets to the northeast corner of C and Colorado streets through the middle of the intersection and not through the crosswalk.
Pullman police and an ambulance were dispatched to the incident, but the women chose to go to the hospital in a friend's car.
Another Pullman police officer at the scene said this intersection is the most dangerous one in Pullman.
Thompson called Alpha Phi sorority just after the collision and some of the sorority members came to the scene and then went to the hospital.
"They should have big red flashing lights in that intersection," said Julie Jensen, a freshman pharmacy student. "They are both embarrassed right now because there were so many people around."
Mellissa Brantley, an elementary education major, received Thompson's call and drove the two to the emergency room.
"It's just hard to drive through that intersection - either the sun hits or it's hard to see at night," Brantley said. "I don't know what you could do in that intersection."
Pullman police urge drivers to clear their car windows of snow and ice.
The collision is still under investigation, and no charges have been filed.
So my thoughts are this:
Did these two girls miss all the lectures I got as a child about staying in the crosswalks and looking before you cross the street? Why were they crossing diagonally in the intersection of 2 busy streets? Especially on a foggy night, after dark, in the snow?
And why the HELL was that woman driving without brushing the snow off her car first?!
About the suggestion to add flashing lights to the intersection; that won't help if people insist on being stupid. The driver couldn't see the pedestrians. Think she would have noticed them better if there was a flashing red light? I don't.
Charges filed? Yeah...should file charges against all three people. The pedestrians were jay-walking and obstructing traffic, resulting in an accident; the driver was being negligent in not clearing the windshield. Think they'll actually do that? I don't...if they were going to hold the pedestrians responsible for their own actions, they wouldn't have put their names in the article.
Car hits two near Valhalla
Two Alpha Phi sorority members were hit Tuesday night on their way to class crossing Colorado Street near Valhalla.
Freshman Sara Thompson and sophomore Katie Traff, both athletic training majors, were being treated at Pullman Memorial Hospital at press time.
Pullman police Officer Mike Austin said the driver side of the windshield was obstructed with snow, most likely contributing to the collision.
A female driver of a 1995 Geo Prism struck the women around 5:49 p.m. as the car headed east.
Austin said the driver said she only skidded two feet. He said the collision was at a very low speed.
Thompson and Traff were crossing from the southeast corner of Colorado and Thatuna Streets to the northeast corner of C and Colorado streets through the middle of the intersection and not through the crosswalk.
Pullman police and an ambulance were dispatched to the incident, but the women chose to go to the hospital in a friend's car.
Another Pullman police officer at the scene said this intersection is the most dangerous one in Pullman.
Thompson called Alpha Phi sorority just after the collision and some of the sorority members came to the scene and then went to the hospital.
"They should have big red flashing lights in that intersection," said Julie Jensen, a freshman pharmacy student. "They are both embarrassed right now because there were so many people around."
Mellissa Brantley, an elementary education major, received Thompson's call and drove the two to the emergency room.
"It's just hard to drive through that intersection - either the sun hits or it's hard to see at night," Brantley said. "I don't know what you could do in that intersection."
Pullman police urge drivers to clear their car windows of snow and ice.
The collision is still under investigation, and no charges have been filed.
So my thoughts are this:
Did these two girls miss all the lectures I got as a child about staying in the crosswalks and looking before you cross the street? Why were they crossing diagonally in the intersection of 2 busy streets? Especially on a foggy night, after dark, in the snow?
And why the HELL was that woman driving without brushing the snow off her car first?!
About the suggestion to add flashing lights to the intersection; that won't help if people insist on being stupid. The driver couldn't see the pedestrians. Think she would have noticed them better if there was a flashing red light? I don't.
Charges filed? Yeah...should file charges against all three people. The pedestrians were jay-walking and obstructing traffic, resulting in an accident; the driver was being negligent in not clearing the windshield. Think they'll actually do that? I don't...if they were going to hold the pedestrians responsible for their own actions, they wouldn't have put their names in the article.