Followup to http://blog.frankms.com/2012/01/24/san-antonio-.aspx

Woman in wheelchair killed crossing street

Street lights weren't working at a Northeast Side intersection where a wheelchair-bound woman was fatally struck by a vehicle while trying to cross a road Saturday night, San Antonio police said.

Christy Pines, 53, died at the scene of the crash, which took place around 7:10 p.m. in the 5300 block of Walzem Road, according to police and the Bexar County medical examiner's office.

Her death has been ruled an accident.

Witnesses told police Pines was headed north in the crosswalk at Patriot Drive in her motorized wheelchair when she turned into westbound traffic. A man driving a white Toyota west on Walzem told police he didn't see Pines' wheelchair and crashed into it. According to an incident report, he had the green light and Pines failed to yield the right-of-way to the car.

Police noted that the intersection was dark and unlit at the time because street lights in the area were out.

An SAPD sergeant at the scene said Pines also was wearing dark clothing. A manager at a nearby Jack in the Box said Pines had a bus pass and ate at the restaurant typically twice a week, by herself. She ordered tacos that night, he said, and was talkative and friendly.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Wheelchair-bound-woman-killed-in-crash-identified-2675254.php#ixzz1lNemQqP9

This lacks credability as far as I'm concerned. If she was headed northbound why would anyone turn into westbound trafic? How many people witnessed the fact that the driver had a green light? Finally, isn't the juridiction responsible for the fact that the safety lights were out? If you don't know what I'm talking about google it! The city/county has some degree of responsibility! See the following link:

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/resources/fhwasa09020/chap_4.cfm