[nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Message loud and clear:  It's the blind man's fault for walking in front of
the truck in the first place.  What's a poor, helpless driver to do when
that happens?

Good catch.  I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.  Makes it
sound like the man walked in front of the truck on purpose, doesn't it.

That is just offensive.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:38 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

OK, what's wrong with the following opening paragraph:

> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
> 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Ginger Kutsch wrote:

> Blind man dies of injuries
> By JIM WALSH . Courier-Post Staff . October 8, 2010 
> 
> http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080333
> /Blind-man-dies-of-injuries
> 
> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Gordon Parks, 68, of Moorestown, died Thursday at Cooper
> University Hospital, Camden, a hospital representative said.
> Parks was hit and critically injured around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
> while crossing heavily traveled East Camden Avenue in the middle
> of a block.
> His guide dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Wendy, died
> at the accident scene.
> Parks and his dog were familiar figures in Moorestown,
> particularly in his Lenola neighborhood.
> "You'd see him walking all the time," said Bonita Fegley, a
> former Moorestown resident who now lives in neighboring Maple
> Shade. "He always had the guide dog and he always wore a
> (reflective) vest."
> Police on Wednesday expressed surprise at the accident, saying
> Parks and his dog regularly used a crosswalk at Camden Avenue and
> Lenola Road, about three-tenths of a mile distant.
> But on Thursday, a man who works near the accident scene said
> Parks and his dog sometimes crossed there alone. The accident
> occurred on a relatively wide stretch of highway -- with two
> travel lanes and nine-foot shoulders -- between Mount Carmel
> Cemetery on one side and Kapanzhi Auto Repair on the other.
> "He'd call for us and we'd help him across the street," said the
> man, a Kapanzhi worker who declined to give his name. The man
> said that traffic sometimes would stop voluntarily and Parks and
> his dog would cross themselves.
> "He'd have his hand up in the air," the worker recalled.
> Parks' family members could not be reached Thursday night.
> Parks, who suffered head and leg injuries, was thrown into the
> westbound lane by the collision's impact. On Thursday, vehicles
> sped over spray-painted markings on the road that showed where
> items of Parks' clothing had landed.
> Police on Wednesday said no charges had been filed against the
> pickup truck's driver, 72-year-old Wayne T. Morris of Tabernacle.
> The accident remained under investigation, police said Wednesday.
> Additional information was not available from police Thursday
> night.
> In May 2004, Parks was the subject of a Courier-Post article
> noting his success in winning approval for audible crosswalk
> signals at the intersection of Camden and Lenola.
> The signals, the first of their kind in Burlington County, also
> were to be installed at Lenola and New Albany roads.
> Both sites were chosen specifically because of Parks and his
> walking route, officials said at that time.
> The signals would be programmed to say the name of the road to be
> crossed. An electronic voice then would count down the number of
> seconds before the next signal change.
> Parks at that time said he would welcome the technological
> advance.
> "My concern is, how much time does it take to cross the road," he
> said in the 2004 interview. "I need time. Time is very important
> because it is a matter of life and death."
> Reach Jim Walsh at (856) 486-2646 or jwalsh at courierpostonline.com
> 
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