Pedestrian hit in Plain Road Hinsdale

All it takes usually is Alex to come into a discussion with infowars Haarp jabawana...its hard to continue on with that.

Mike Mulligan wrote:

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These people live many miles from my house and this is about other issues other than the accident 100 feet from my house.
Remember nobody on this site has to identify themselves and that is why they do it.
I am the only guys on here with a real name and honest.

I beg to differ, Mike. This is my REAL name. And the child is my REAL grandson. You don't know everything.

Mike Mulligan wrote:

I was the first one around here showing any caring for this poor boy.

You have a weird way of showing how much you care!

Joan Bishop wrote:

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I beg to differ, Mike. This is my REAL name. And the child is my REAL grandson. You don't know everything.

But I know a lot. How is your grandson today...its amazing how fast our bodies heals us.

http://www.reformer.com/opinion/ci_19776747

Too much to bear?

You see what i mean about the reformer, unbelievable tragedies all around us these days.

They are so afraid to gore somebody's ox that cuts advertisement revenues, all that turns up every day are their newspaper pages in plain vanilla and they are afraid to move peoples hearts.

That is the state of the maga corporation's 4th estate for us today!

http://www.reformer.com/opinion/ci_19873552

Mike Mulligan wrote:

Come on, you know what what I am talking about. The hyped up zone where we got to be moving and driving our cars and always moving, on a mission necessitating high important speeds. Maybe a way to disassociate ourselves from our stressful and the needy world, our disappointments over our lives...on the move to get away and on a mission, but still connected in by our electronic...
We are dissociated to everything in our lives and utterly connected at the same time...

hmm?

http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_20058788

Man in critical condition after being hit by car
By JOSH STILTS / Reformer Staffreformer.com

Posted: 02/28/2012 03:00:00 AM EST
February 28, 2012 12:12 PM GMT Updated: 02/28/2012 07:12:35 AM EST

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A man suffered serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by this Chevy sedan Monday evening near the Planet Gas Station along Western Avenue. The driver of the vehicle, left, sits and awaits police instruction.(Josh Stilts/Reformer) Tuesday February 28, 2012

...Town officials and emergency personnel are scheduled to meet this morning to discuss the recent influx in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians and to work on possible solutions.
This is another in a series of serious vehicle/pedestrian accidents that have occurred in Brattleboro in the past year. On the night of Feb. 23, at about 8:10 p.m., Gary Lumbra, 64, of Brattleboro, was struck and killed on Canal Street by a vehicle being driven by a 71-year-old woman.
According to police, the driver is cooperating with investigators and her name is being withheld at this time. Members of the Vermont State Police Reconstruction Team and the Brattleboro Police Department are investigating the cause of the accident.
According to unconfirmed sources, Lumbra was deaf, but it is unclear at this time whether that was a factor in his death.
Late last year, on Nov. 30, at about 6:30 p.m., Susan Press, 68, was struck by a vehicle on Western Avenue near the intersection with Spruce Street. She died Jan. 11 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
In addition, three other people were injured by vehicles in the past three months.
In early January, two women out for a stroll on Western Avenue near Garfield Avenue were struck by a drunken driver. They both received minor injuries.
And on Nov. 21, an elderly female pedestrian was hit by a car on Putney Road Monday afternoon and received a head injury. She was walking south, in front of Dunkin' Donuts, when a customer coming out of the parking lot pulled out and struck her.
On August 3, 2011, Cynthia Castine, 43, of Vernon, was taking her daily lunch break walk along Main Street, when she was hit by a vehicle being driven by Carl Kent, 55, of Bonduel, Wisc.
At the time, Castine was in the crosswalk on Main Street walking towards Canal Street.
According to the Brattleboro Police Department, Kent wasn't paying attention as he drove down Main Street when his vehicle hit Castine.
She was transported via ambulance to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and was released from the hospital the following day.
On Oct. 9, 2008, Edward H. Softky, 44, of Brattleboro, was killed while walking on High Street after being struck by a driver who fled the scene.
The driver, Jean M. Mahoney, 63, of Brattleboro, pleaded no contest to child cruelty, reckless endangerment and drunken driving resulting in death.
In June of 2010, she was sentenced to serve three-and-a-half years in prison.

Mike Mulligan wrote:

By the way, you could go to the reformer...ask them to write a story about your child and teach all of us the responsibility of paying attention to driving and maintaining safe speeds.
Can you see it, a heartbroken mother, a injured child, the driver and a wary police officer(mike) who see these things all the time...in the reformer all begging us to pay attention to our driving...

Wonder how many lives and injuries we could have prevented if people listened to me.

Mike Mulligan wrote:

I tell you what, I got a trophy of the guy's pick up broken plastic head lamp or blinker light right in front of me now as a means so I don't forget what happened.

The accident trophy is still on my desk!

Mike Mulligan wrote:

Do you remember a time when the people of a community were brave and strong enough to display their heartbreaks in order to help the rest of us?

Can you remember a time when we had a real Newspaper?

Mike Mulligan wrote:

I will tell you what, a ton of people seen that sorry scene with cars, fire truck and ambulance...it would be decent of the people who were involved to tell us what happened and now the happy outcome...
You know, us innocent bystanders who feelings witness this should be taken into account.

You know, us innocent bystanders with feelings who witness this should be taken into account.

That is when this accident happened and the resulting discussion.

Jan 14, 2012

http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_20067140

Pedestrian safety: Selectboard to address rise in accidents

By HOWARD WEISS-TISMAN / Reformer Staffreformer.com
Posted: 02/29/2012 03:00:00 AM EST
February 29, 2012 12:20 PM GMT Updated: 02/29/2012 07:20:18 AM EST

BRATTLEBORO -- Even before Monday night's accident on Western Avenue, which left a victim critically injured, the town's Traffic Safety Committee was scheduled to talk about pedestrian safety at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

But after the latest incident, the committee pushed the discussion to the top of its meeting and voted to present the Selectboard with a plan to cut down on the rash of pedestrian accidents that have transpired in Brattleboro over the past few years.

The committee talked about the issue for about an hour Tuesday morning.

Following an analysis on the pedestrian accidents that have been reported over the past nine months, the committee was leaning toward a strategy that includes a focus on driver and pedestrian education.

The committee encouraged Town Manager Barbara Sondag to seek out funding to help the town, and to come up with an education campaign to get both drivers, and pedestrians, more aware of the dangers of crossing the street.

"I hope the administration can develop a plan to start a public education campaign," Selectboard, and Traffic Committee, member David Gartenstein said during Tuesday's meeting. "We have to do what we can to avoid collisions with motor vehicles and pedestrians."

And Selectboard Chairman Dick DeGray, who watched the morning meeting from the audience, said, "We need to get a campaign started as soon as possible. I'd like to have plan in front of the board."

On Monday night an 82-year-old man, and his dog, were struck while walking on Western Avenue near the Planet Gas Station.

The latest accident followed a similar incident which took place on Feb. 23, when 64-year-old Gary Lumbra was struck and killed while walking on Canal Street.
And last year, Susan Press, 68, was hit by a vehicle on Western Avenue.

She died from her injuries six weeks later.

At the meeting Tuesday morning, Sondag said there have been nine pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents reported in Brattleboro in the past nine months.
Out of those nine accidents, six occurred between 6 and 9 p.m., and four happened between 6 and 7 p.m.

And according to town data, five of the drivers were 70 years old, or older, and six of the victims were hit while walking on the road outside of a crosswalk.

In 2011 there were 16 reported pedestrian accidents, up from nine the previous year, and so far, in 2012, there have been four.

Sondag said town officials met early Tuesday morning to go over the reports and try to figure out the similarities the accidents might of shared in an effort to come up with a plan to cut down on future incidents.

"We need to figure out the problem before we come up with a plan," Sondag said. "What has changed? Before we come up with a solution we have to figure out what is going on here."

Public Works Director Steve Barrett said the mild winter could be contributing to the troubling spike in pedestrian accidents.

With warmer nights, more people are out walking at dusk and in the evening.
Barrett also said with an absence of white snow banks, it is harder to see pedestrians when the sky is darkening.

Budget cuts have affected the Public Works Department's ability to keep the roads safe and clear, Barrett said.

The department used to have three employees to clear the sidewalks after a snow, and that number has been reduced to one.
And the road crew

Pedestrians cross Main Street in Brattleboro.(Zachary P. Stephens/Reformer) used to re-stripe the crosswalks twice annually, but budget cuts reduced that to once a year.
Sondag said lighting does not appear to be an issue.

None of the accidents occurred where the town has changed over to LED lights, and almost every accident happened under a working street lamp.

And while Brattleboro is going to step up its focus on improving pedestrian safety, the issue is hardly only a problem in the southeastern corner of the state.

A 57-year-old woman was killed in a hit and run accident in Rutland on Feb. 21. And just two weeks ago a 63 year old man died after he was struck on a Burlington road.

So far, in 2012, there have been 21 accidents reported across the state where a pedestrian was injured, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation.

And according to incomplete data from 2011, 162 pedestrians were involved in a motor vehicle accident, and there were four fatalities.

Rep. Mollie Burke, D-Brattleboro, is a member of the House Transportation Committee.
She said Tuesday that the number of accidents in Brattleboro, and across the state, has caught the attention of legislators and she expects there to be discussions in the Statehouse over the troubling data.

Over the past few years lawmakers involved with transportation issues have passed bills addressing safe streets, law enforcement officials on the highway, and municipality planning when approving new projects.

Burke said there is a noticeable difference in how drivers interact with pedestrians in Montpelier, and she agreed that education might be the most effective tool to keep pedestrians and drivers safe in Brattleboro.

"Motorists are not always to blame. It is incumbent on pedestrians to also operate safely," Burke said. "These accidents should be a catalyst to get us to talk about what more we can do to keep everyone safe. It certainly behooves all of us to reflect on how we can solve this problem without pointing blame at anyone group."

Jon Kaplan, the bicycle and pedestrian program manager with the Vermont Agency of Transportation, said the agency has money to spend on education, and each year officials decide on how to target those programs.

In light of the string of recent accidents across the state, Kaplan said he expected there to be more focus put on pedestrian safety.

"It's definitely not a good trend," Kaplan said about the accidents. "We need to keep doing what we have been doing to provide education to both motorists and other roadway users. We are just at the beginning stage of figuring our funding at this point, and I think it is clear what we will be focusing our efforts this year."

I think it is because people don't have enought income.

People are depressed, angry, distracted, worried and in their heads....

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/brat...

Brattleboro looks at safety after 9 pedestrian crashes

Posted: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:15 pm
By Casey Farrar Sentinel Staff | 0 comments
Brattleboro looks at safety after 9 pedestrian crashes
BRATTLEBORO — With spring just weeks away, town officials in Brattleboro are asking motorists and pedestrians to be vigilant on the roads, following a rise in pedestrian-related motor vehicle crashes.
A 64-year-old Brattleboro man, whose name has not been released, was critically injured Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old Putney man, whose name has also not been released.
The Brattleboro man was taken to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, where his condition is unknown. A dog he was walking with was also injured and taken to a local veterinary clinic, police said.
Monday’s was the ninth crash in Brattleboro involving a pedestrian in the past six months, two of which have resulted in pedestrian deaths, according to Town Manager Barbara Sondag.
Since 2010, town officials have seen an increase in pedestrian-related motor vehicle crashes and following Sunday’s crash, members of the town’s Traffic Safety Committee reviewed the recent incidents, hoping to identify a pattern or issue, Sondag said

I'll bet you Brattleboro has a high percentage of non ownership people going through their roads...those not living in town?

At the meeting, Sondag said there have been nine pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents reported in Brattleboro in the past nine months, including a fatality -- Susan Press, 68, who was hit by a vehicle on Western Avenue in November. She died from her injuries six weeks later.

According to town data, five of the drivers were 70 years old, or older, and six of the victims were hit while walking on the road outside of a crosswalk.

In 2011 there were 16 reported pedestrian accidents, up from nine the previous year, and so far, in 2012, there have been four.

According to the town, almost every accident happened under a working street lamp, but town officials admitted the paint delineating some crosswalks has been worn down and is not highly visible in places.