Originally posted by: allisolm
I don't know how accurate it is, but
this article says:
"Secen said students at the scene said that a car ran a stoplight and that Sales, in a 1993 Mercury sedan, swerved to avoid that car and crashed into McNabb and the others. McNabb, Secen said, was the first one he hit. Sales stopped at the scene."
Secen is Christine's stepfather.
Dunno where they got that story.
My friend who dodged the car said that the paramedics were performing CPR on the scene to no avail, but seeing as he was shaken up and not involved directly into that I am sure the Step-Father would have better knowledge there.
But the article is definitely wrong about a stop light. There are no stop lights anywhere remotely close to that intersection. Ill try to paint the picture:
The road, Washington St., runs perpendicular to Duck Pond Drive and goes into "The Cage" (<- A large student parking lot for on campus students and commuters). There are two stop signs, one for exiting the cage and one for a car attempting to leave Washington St. and either A.) Enter the cage, or B.) turn left or right onto Duck Pond drive. There are no stop signs on Duck Pond drive.
Now Washington St. has sidewalks on both sides, each with a respective crosswalk leading into the Cage by traveling across Duck Pond drive. Both crosswalks are at the top of a hill (Stupid stupid design). Despite this, the speed limit is 25 mph the entire way along Duck Pond drive. It is a rough corner, but you can clearly see... especially at 6:30pm.
My friends were crossing from Washington St. side to go into the cage. The one who dodged was towards the front and on the far side of where the car was approaching. He yelled, "Hey", then, "Look out" before diving out of the way. He saw everyone else get hit as he landed. He told me the car then a few seconds later slammed on its brakes and the driver got out.
The saddest part of the story on his account for whatever reason is what he did next. He was just in a daze as he watched all his friends lying there, that he just walked around and picked up shoes. The paramedics were on the scene in <1 minute though they said (Perhaps the guard for the entrance to the cage saw it an called).
-Kevin