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4 hurt in traffic domino mishaps
A cascading chain of mishaps on Middle Road late Friday night resulted in four persons being injured, including a police officer.
In an event being blamed on bad weather, a car hit three pedestrians who were crossing a marked crosswalk and caused the domino effect along Chalan Pale Arnold in Gualo Rai.
A few minutes after the car hit the pedestrians, another vehicle slid and rear-ended a parked responding police car, and then another vehicle hit a police officer who was directing traffic at the accident scene.
The three pedestrians were brought by ambulance to the Commonwealth Health Center for treatment. Police officer Bradford Peter, who was hit by a car, was also taken to CHC emergency room for minor injuries to the leg.
The driver of a car that hit the pedestrians was issued a traffic citation for failing to exercise due care to pedestrians and for failing to yield the right of way to pedestrians on a marked crosswalk.
Investigators processed the scene and impounded the car that hit the pedestrians.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Lt. Jason Tarkong said police officers responded on Friday at 11:05pm to the auto-triple pedestrian incident at the northbound inner lane of Chalan Pale Arnold in front of Springs Plaza or OPM office building at the pedestrian crosswalk.
Highway patrol investigators learned that three pedestrians were crossing the highway on the crosswalk when a vehicle travelling north on the inner lane struck all three of them.
The driver did not see the crossing pedestrians due to the inclement weather.
Several marked police cars arrived at the scene to assist. Police cars secured the scene, with emergency blue lights activated to protect the officers, medical personnel, and the injured pedestrians.
A car traveling north on the inner lane slid and struck a police car parked directly near the crash scene. No one was injured but both vehicles sustained minor damage, Tarkong said.
About three minutes later, another vehicle travelling south on the inner lane struck Peter, who was directing traffic at the scene.
Tarkong said investigators learned that the driver was distracted by the accident scene and did not see the officer.
