Gothamist: Pedestrian Fatally Hit by NYC Transit Bus

Spiritof76

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:16 -0500

Some people just can't catch a break. First her stove explodes and causes terrible, painful injuries. Then she gets killed by a bus. And then the indignity of being maligned after her death by snarky trolls like "csk" on Gothamist.

Gwinny

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:43:32 -0500

JacqueMehoff: oh, it's already well on its way. I've lived in that area for nearly 5 years... and am gratefully moving out as I have bought a place much further uptown. And I agree that the city buses are generally very poorly driven. The drivers don't give a crap about what's going on around them. I've had numerous close calls (and there have definitely been other reports on Gothamist about people getting hit by buses).

MidCFrank

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:29 -0500

csk -- jealous? no -- obviously I have the same kind of job!

JMH

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:00 -0500

You only have to see 1 MTA bus to realize they are driven by psychos. I see pedestrians threatened by these bastards almost every day. They run red lights, barrel around corners into people crossing the street. I was nearly hit by two. After that I stay well away from them. How can you hit a person and not realize until they come to tell you 2 hours later? It doesn't matter if the woman was lying half-dead in the middle of the street, drivers are supposed to look where they are going and keep clear of people.And yet this is the first time I can remember hearing about a pedestrian being hit by an MTA bus, whereas you see stories about regular cars and vans and trucks hitting people all the time. If MTA drivers are psychos, what does that make everyone else?

BootyInMyEye

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:10:49 -0500

google map image of the intersection where the accident occurred is incorrect.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:08:38 -0500

nope, that's why I'm grateful Pb is still cheap and available to the lazy or the productive citizen.

interlard

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:51:14 -0500

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:50:24 -0500

that area will be the gentrified soon.

Rocknrope

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:44:49 -0500

Final Destination.

pk4l

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:40:38 -0500

or work around there ... since there is a school and lots of mom/pa stores ..

MidCFrank

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:36:53 -0500

#2 -- they probably work nights and early mornings, and don't have a job like yours where you get to dick around on a PC all day reading blogs.

csk

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:28:03 -0500

wow, look at all those able bodies at 2pm in the afternoon. don't they have jobs?

AnonEMouse

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:19:31 -0500

Ok, it sounds like that woman was a walking mess even before she got hit by the bus. It's a shame to die that way, though...