Car Vs. People: Pedestrians Injured by Out-of-Control Car

2008_09_carcrsh.jpgAn elderly woman lost control of her car at 78th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Dyker Heights this morning. The vehicle jumped a curb and hit a number of pedestrians. The victims were taken to Lutheran hospital, two victims have non-life threatening injuries while two others are in serious condition. 1010 WINS adds that there was an 8-year-old child in the car. In another incident in Brooklyn, a 91-year-old woman was killed by a n 18-wheeler while she was trying to cross an intersection.


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I still don't understand why they don't make old people take a driving test every couple of years. Seems like it should be common sense. I'd rather get in a car with a 14 year old driving than a 90 year old.

Is this the way to the Country Kitchen Buffet?

And a bicyclist gave me a dirty look the other day!

Damn, Felix beat me to the South Park reference.

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Wow two elderly women as both the cause of and also the victim of vehicular mayhem.

Now THAT'S fair and balanced.

What a way to go after living for 91 years old.

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