Car Crash

While driving from the direction of GAP toward Atlantic, white Toyota Camry hit pedestrian, then hit bell shaped bollard on median, making it flip on side.

Scary stuff.

The Mrs., the dog and I were on Park Pl when the crash occurred.

Despite being among the first on the scene, I still can't figure out where the pedestrian was when struck.

Pedestrian: Seriously injured.

Driver: Perhaps not seriously injured, to be determined by hospital. Air bags deployed, seat belt was on.

according to a witness, a car heading toward GAP on vanderbilt hit the pedestrian and kept going. the white toyota was in the opposite lane, heading toward atlantic, and swerved at the last minute to avoid hitting the other car and the downed pedestrian, and crashed in the process.

this intersection seems to be a pretty dangerous one even with the pedestrian islands. I think this is the fourth or fifth accident there in the last couple of years, and those are just the ones I've walked by.

I've always thought that the city would be better off changing light timing to regulate speed. Because the lights tend to be sequenced on Vandy, the reduction from two lanes to one means that folks tend to speed anyway. The pedestrian island simply attracts more people who want to walk out into the middle of the street while traffic is moving knowing that there is a "safe" area in the middle of traffic.

Thanks.

Was the car going s/b that hit the pedestrian located?

my dad got hit by a speeding car once, it got away. broke arms etc.. people don't copy down license numbers etc.. they rather gawk.

not sure what your point is, capt. yes, hit-and-runs are outrageous. but if nobody sees it, or catches the license plate, there's not much to do about it. unlike the debate over bike safety, there aren't two sides here. everyone is pretty much against hit-and-runs.