FedEx driver kills 90+ year old in Davis Square

[ron_newman]

A FedEx driver killed a 90*-year old lady this morning in Davis Square, by making a right turn from Holland Street to Dover Street without looking in the crosswalk first.

* some other news sources say she was 93

(Yes, this is a duplicate of the previous post, but neither the headline nor the text of that post really reflect what actually happened)

Comments

[gingicat]

This is, admittedly, why I drive through Davis (and Harvard) with my foot on the brake. I feel really bad for all concerned.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

totally agree -- I'm now super cautious because of the many heedless pedestrians in the Davis area.

Note for pedestrians though -- cars do have blind spots in front as well as at the sides toward the back of the car. If you see a car with especially thick pillars at the sides of the windshield, that means that there's a blind spot when the car is making a turn. If a pedestrian is in that blind spot when the car is making a turn...