My friend, her child, and I were almost hit by a white Volkswagen at the intersection of Boren Ave and Pine Street today, right in front of where the Piroshky Piroshky is.
The driver entered the intersection after the light had already turned red. Traffic was already backed up and partially blocked by other vehicles. As we were crossing in the crosswalk, the driver suddenly accelerated instead of stopping. They narrowly missed the child first, then my friend, and then me.
We’re filing a police report. There are Flock cameras and other traffic cameras in the area, so we’re hoping the vehicle can be identified. I already memorized the license plate.
If anyone witnessed this incident or happened to have dashcam footage from around that time (3:47 PM is when I sent my friend the license plate so only seconds before.) People have recently treat crosswalks like optional decorations sometimes, and it’s going to get someone killed if this keeps up.
This is also also a few days after a Lime scooter also did a similar thing when we were walking to the 7-eleven off Minor Ave. I’m sick of etiquette being optional. I already use a cane because of inconsiderate people (injury from sports then also car accidents where I was a passenger) it really is disappointing.
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