[nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

John Doering doering at ameritech.net
Fri Oct 8 21:34:14 UTC 2010


Buddy and others,
I do not believe a pedestrian has the right of way when crossing outside of 
a crosswalk.  Is that not why jay walking is against the law in most places?
Please correct me if I am wrong.  Why was he crossing in the middle of the 
block?

Regards,
JD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 7:38 AM
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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