Woman knocked down on crossing; Police investigating
By Shawn Seabrookes
Senior Reporter - SKNVibes.com
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| The police taking a statement from the driver of the pick up |
Basseterre, St. Kitts: The Traffic Department is presently investigating a traffic accident at the junction of Cayon Street, Fort Street and Victoria Road, which left a young woman nursing injuries after she was knocked down by a blue pick up while walking across the pedestrian crossing.
The accident occurred just after 10:00 this morning, November 23rd.
The extent of the injuries to the woman is not yet known but she was quickly whisked away to the Joseph N. France General Hospital.
According to eyewitness accounts, the young lady had just emerged from the Cable and Wireless Office at the top of Fort Street, and was walking across the crossing, toward Victoria Road, when she was knocked down by the pick up truck, PA 319.
A number of persons gathered at the scene of the accident and opinions about the accident ran rife. Some were of the view that the driver of the vehicle was in the wrong because he knocked down the young lady while
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The blue pick up that was involved in the accident
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she was on the crossing but there were others who empathized with him, stating that many pedestrians just walk across the crossing with no regard for flowing traffic.
One eyewitness said she hoped that the incident would force the relevant authorities to better address pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow at the junction.
“It is a real surprise that this just happened because sometimes when you see how some people, especially school students, walk across the crossing with reckless abandon, you are almost expecting an accident to happen all the time,” she stated.
The junction is one of the busiest, if not the busiest, for vehicular and pedestrian traffic in St. Kitts and Nevis.
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A police officer directing traffic shortly after the accident
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A sectin of the crowd of curious onlookers
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