From FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth · Amber Kite · · 1m 20s
A fatal 2 a.m. crossing in Cedar Crest
A woman in a wheelchair died on a dark South Dallas street, and police are calling it pedestrian error.
In brief
A woman in a wheelchair died on a dark South Dallas street, and police are calling it pedestrian error. A person in a wheelchair on an unlit roadway at 2 a.m. is nearly invisible to drivers, and Dallas has the crash to prove it. Originally reported by FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth.
Killed before dawn
A woman in her 50s using a motorized wheelchair was struck and killed early Monday while crossing a street in the Cedar Crest area of Dallas.
The 2 a.m. call
Dallas Fire-Rescue reached the 700 block of E. Ann Arbor Avenue at 2 a.m. and found her critically injured, lying in the roadway.
She died at the hospital
Paramedics took her to a local hospital, where she died shortly after arriving.
The driver stayed
A westbound pickup truck hit her. The driver remained at the scene, called 911, and is cooperating with investigators.
“The driver remained at the scene, called 911, and is fully cooperating with the investigation.”
Vehicular Crimes takes over
Detectives are pulling surveillance footage and collecting evidence from the block to reconstruct what happened.
Blamed on the dark
Preliminary findings point to pedestrian error: she was crossing outside a crosswalk and was hard for drivers to see. Her name is on hold until family is notified.
“the woman was on the roadway and difficult for motorists to see in the dark”
In short
A person in a wheelchair on an unlit roadway at 2 a.m. is nearly invisible to drivers, and Dallas has the crash to prove it.
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