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Pedestrians
In
this case, a bus was headed East when it came to a stop
at an intersection. . The weather conditions were wet and
the ambient lighting was “daylight”. The bus
driver stopped at the stop sign. A
pedestrian was walking south from the northwest corner of
the intersection to the southwest corner, passing in front
of the bus. After crossing the street he turned left facing
east. He looked North then South before starting to cross
Broadway. At this time the bus pulled forward to make a
right turn headed south. When the pedestrian traveled in
a southeasterly direction he was hit by the bus. He was
hit by the door for loading and unloading passengers located
forward of the right front wheel. He fell in a southern
direction on Broadway. Once on the ground both of his legs
were run over by the right front tire. When the bus came
to a stop the right front tire was on Mr. Cole’s right
leg. The driver got back in the bus and moved the bus approximately
2 feet backwards. The pedestrian was then freed from the
bus.
Contributing
factors: Pedestrian failed to yield ROW to vehicle. No citations
were issued to the driver or pedestrian.