Sacramento Fatal
January 2, 2012
Wheelchair user dies in crash on Power Inn Road
A man in a wheelchair was hit and killed by a motorist Sunday night in southern Sacramento County.
California Highway Patrol officer Michael Bradley reported that about 6 p.m. Sunday night a man in a wheelchair was crossing Power Inn Road north of Blackhawk Drive from the eastern edge of the street.
The wheelchair user was outside of a marked crosswalk, Bradley said, when a southbound vehicle traveling 35 mph hit the wheelchair.
The victim, who had no reflectors on his wheelchair, and was not seen by the driver. The man, whose name has not been released by the coroner's office, was thrown onto the roadway and died at the scene.
Categories: Sacramento County, Traffic accidents
Posted by Bill Lindelof
The Sacramento Bee
10:57 AM 11:04 AM | 17 Comments
Categories: Wheelchair Pedestrian, frankms.com, Advocate, Wheelchair, Advocacy, Blog.FrankMS.Com, Auto Accident, Multiple Sclerosis, MS, Pedestrian Safety, Disabled Pedestrians
Tags: Sacramento Bee Bill Lindelof
So what is this article insinuating Frank? This person is dead but it was his fault because he didn’t have reflectors and wasn’t in the marked crosswalk? Gee I don’t have reflectors on my chair so should I stay at home in the evening. Parking lots do not have marked crosswalks among the parked cars. So since I’m not driving a car again I better not go out shopping for food or anything else for that matter. I don’t have a personal shopper so I better not go out at all. A PERSON IS DEAD!! Someone needs to be held accountable. I am so tired of people not seeing us on the street but are totally aware of us in the stores…… usually willing to do anything to help us. I just don’t get it and am very tired of all of it. So if a child accidently falls or starts running away from the folks in an unmarked crosswalk or parking lot the parents should be cited? Please use your management skills to calm me down on this issue all over the USA. Hmm, wonder what they do in Europe? thx
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Nice to hear from you Shirley!
I don't think the article is trying to insinuate anything. I'm a little concerned that the CHP noted the pedestrian was not in a, "marked" crosswalk. It is California and I think I'm well enough informed on California law to ask... Was he in an unmarked crosswalk? The law is the same!
We don't know whether he was in an intersection, what the lighting was at the nearest intersection or even whether reflectors would have saved the guy.
Again, it's California, his family needs a good lawyer!
I hate to say it, but not everyone in the store stops to help. Only the good! Lots just walk on by!
I remember our friend Ron's feelings about how those that walked overlooked those in wheelchairs. I think it applies here at some level.
My management skills suggest that you just be careful. Being aware of these accidents heightens your personal attention to the dangers of traveling about in your chair. We've been tracking this for years now and I bet our little network is one of the most cautious cliques in the nation.
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