KHOU: Dump truck flattens (occupied) wheelchair
KHOU-11 reports on a grisly accident in south Houston:
A man trying to cross Old Spanish Trail in his wheelchair was hit by a dump truck Monday afternoon.
It happened around 2 p.m. at the Almeda intersection near the VA Hospital.
Arthur Williams, 50, was badly injured and was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital by ambulance.
Police say the driver of the dump truck was rear ended at the intersection near Old Spanish Trail and Almeda. A police officer who was investigating the accident told the drivers to go through the intersection and pull into a nearby gas station.
According to investigators, the driver of the dump truck had a green light.
Williams was in a non-motorized wheelchair. He was caught in the middle of the street when the light for oncoming traffic turned green, according to witnesses.
”I don’t think that the dump truck could see that he was there,” said Donna Brown. “I was looking from over there and I was saying ‘oh my God, he needs to make it across the street.’ From the height of the dump truck, I don’t think the driver saw where he was.”
Crazy.
What is even scarier than the text of the report is the photo of the flattened wheelchair on KPRC-2's website.
We wish the victim a full and speedy recovery.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/18/09 10:45 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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