Police interview witnesses after a two-vehicle collision at the crosswalk by Dixie Regional Medical Center sends a pedestrian to the hospital, St. George, Utah, Nov. 30, 2012 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – A female pedestrian was transported to the hospital after being involved in a two-vehicle accident at a crosswalk Friday.
The Ford Focus (background) and Dodge pickup (right) involved in the accident, St. George, Utah, Nov. 30, 2012 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Sgt. Craig Harding of the St. George Police Department said several vehicles were traveling eastbound on Foremaster Road around 12: 57 p.m. when the accident occurred. A blue Ford Focus stopped for a female using the crosswalk when it was rear-ended by white Dodge pickup, causing the Focus to be shoved into the female.
The female was transported to Dixie Regional Medical Center with head injuries.
Harding said the investigation was ongoing and names had yet to be collected, as police were still taking witness statements at the time.
The eastbound lane of Foremaster Road was shut down and subsequently reopened around 1:20 p.m.
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Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.
The “Durango” would be a Ram 1500 I believe. The Durango is the SUV and the Dakota is the smaller pickup. I think it’s a 1500 based on the lug pattern, pretty sure that’s the half-ton. 🙂
I don’t know how many times things like this could be prevented. The other night when I was taking pictures of the lights down town and my daughter, myself and my grandson was in the cross walk. Cars weren’t paying attention. My thoughts and prayers are with the person who got hit and the one who hit her. Looks like she did the right thing to stop for the pedestrian. People need to open their eyes and pay attention.
Pedestrian bridges need to be introduced to the area in a couple key places, this being one of them, as well as over busy Red Cliffs Drive connecting the Outlets at Zion to the Promenade.
This particular ped crossing is working just fine, but today the truck decided not to pay attention to a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian. As for the Outlet stores, they have a signal for peds to cross at each end of the complex. If people want to run across traffic then that’s their choice.
also, Ped bridges cost about 300,000 each to build. Or more in some cases.
@Alvin, so you feel that even if was 300K to build a ped bridge, it wouldn’t be worth it if it saved a life or two? Pedestrian overpasses save hundreds of thousands of lives each day. Sad to hear you infer that no one is worth saving if they need to cross a street safely. I’ll sure bet you were glad it wasn’t a family member of yours that got hit.
The “Durango” would be a Ram 1500 I believe. The Durango is the SUV and the Dakota is the smaller pickup. I think it’s a 1500 based on the lug pattern, pretty sure that’s the half-ton. 🙂
I don’t know how many times things like this could be prevented. The other night when I was taking pictures of the lights down town and my daughter, myself and my grandson was in the cross walk. Cars weren’t paying attention. My thoughts and prayers are with the person who got hit and the one who hit her. Looks like she did the right thing to stop for the pedestrian. People need to open their eyes and pay attention.
Pedestrian bridges need to be introduced to the area in a couple key places, this being one of them, as well as over busy Red Cliffs Drive connecting the Outlets at Zion to the Promenade.
This particular ped crossing is working just fine, but today the truck decided not to pay attention to a vehicle stopped for a pedestrian. As for the Outlet stores, they have a signal for peds to cross at each end of the complex. If people want to run across traffic then that’s their choice.
also, Ped bridges cost about 300,000 each to build. Or more in some cases.
@Alvin, so you feel that even if was 300K to build a ped bridge, it wouldn’t be worth it if it saved a life or two? Pedestrian overpasses save hundreds of thousands of lives each day. Sad to hear you infer that no one is worth saving if they need to cross a street safely. I’ll sure bet you were glad it wasn’t a family member of yours that got hit.