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MTD and Pedestrians |
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01 Mar 2005
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The following is from the Daily Illini. As the article notes, this is the second time in the past few months that an MTD bus has struck a pedestrian. In the first instance, the student who was hit died from her injuries.
I support public transportation and respect the MTD, but over the years I have sensed an increasingly aggressive approach on the part of some drivers. I have noticed this as a driver in my car, and particular on those occasions when I walk on campus during a busy time of the day. I would be interested in hearing if others have had similar perceptions.
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A University student was hit by an MTD bus Monday afternoon on Wright Street, just north of the Chalmers Street crosswalk by Lincoln Hall, said Champaign police officer Jim Bednarz.
Benjamin Robin, junior in communications, was identified as the person hit by the bus. He was in fair condition at Carle Foundation Hospital, said Allison McLaughlin, public relations assistant for Carle.
After conducting interviews at the scene of the accident, Bednarz said Robin apparently had stepped in front of the bus without looking. It appeared that he was not in the crosswalk when the bus struck him, Bednarz said. Robin seemed all right before being taken to the hospital, he said.
Tom Costello, assistant director for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, said the MTD currently was conducting an internal investigation and a decision about whether or not to penalize the driver would be made after the investigation. MTD declined to release the driver's name due to the pending investigation.
Robin is the second University student to be hit by an MTD bus on campus this school year. Graduate student Carolyn Jeffers died soon after being hit by an MTD bus on the corner of Gregory Drive and Goodwin Avenue on Oct. 27, 2004.
Costello said accidents involving the MTD were uncommon and this year is uncharacteristic of the company's history. He urged people to remember that pedestrians, bicycles, cars and buses shared the same space and to be careful in the campus area. |
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