2010 May Archive

On August 14, a 20-year-old driver who was distracted by her iPod struck two young women who had just walked out of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Upper Darby, PA, killing one. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the car struck a 19-year-old from Clifton Heights, and a 20-year- old from Lansdowne, from behind. The 19-year-old was killed instantly and the other pedestrian was stabilized at t [...]

On July 16, a driver in University City, PA struck three construction workers — including flipping one onto his hood and smashing his windshield — then drove around the block to argue with them. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the man was driving a Chevrolet Malibu east on Chestnut Street approaching 30th Street in Philadelphia when he got stuck in traffic. The traffic was caused by a c [...]

Four people suffered serious personal injuries after an out-of-control cab ran on to the curb outside the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, CBS News reported in a story. Eyewitnesses told officials that the cab was speeding when it swerved to avoid another car changing lanes. The taxi clipped the side mirror before completely losing control and running onto the curb. The cab then struck a bicyclist before crashing int [...]

A man and a female bicyclist were seriously injured after they were hit by a cab that jumped the curb in front of the Kimmel Center while swerving to avoid another car on June 24. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the injured man may lose one or both legs after suffering serious fractures from the pedestrian accident in Philadelphia. A police report said that the red Victory cab was headed s [...]

A 62-year-old man, Ahilefs Kalaitzi, was struck by a car and killed in a pedestrian accident on June 1 in Evesham Township, NJ. This was the township’s third pedestrian fatality this year. According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kalaitzi was walking south on the shoulder of N. Elwood Road, near his home, when he was hit by a northbound car driven by 19-year-old Anthony Schepis III. Kalaitzi was [...]

For the second time in one week, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a busy Philadelphia intersection. According to this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was on Ninth Street and Roosevelt Boulevard in Hunting Park. The victim was pronounced dead at 2:22 a.m. on May 8 at Temple University Hospital. The man was crossing Ninth Street and stepped into an [...]

Philadelphia police and SEPTA officials are continuing their investigation into the death of a man in a wheelchair, Milton Boneta, who was struck by a SEPTA bus at Eighth Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia on April 17. According to this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, 61-year-old Boneta was crossing Eighth Street in his motorized wheelchair when the bus hit him while making a left turn. Boneta already [...]

A man in a motorized wheelchair was killed in a Philadelphia pedestrian accident, according to this news report in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The wheelchair-bound man was reportedly crossing Eighth Street from the west when a westbound bus turning left on to Eighth from Girard Avenue struck the man. The wheelchair lodged in the bus' undercarriage and the man was dragged about 100 feet before the bus came to a halt. [...]

A 15-year-old boy admitted in Family Court this week that he was high on marijuana on Christmas Eve when he hit and killed William Wrigley, 73, with his mother’s SUV in this tragic pedestrian accident in Pennsylvania. According to the article in the Philadelphia Daily News, Wrigley was crossing M Street near Erie Avenue in Kensington, PA on Dec. 24 when he was struck by the teen. The teen pleaded guilty to ho [...]

A 3-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed on Route 129 when a fire truck crashed into a pickup truck, causing the pickup truck to careen into the crosswalk center median and create the pedestrian accident. The pickup truck then struck the child, dragging her several feet down the southbound lanes of the highway. According to this article that appeared in the Delaware County Times, the accident happened [...]