Pedestrian killed in crash on Main Street West TheSpec.com
“,” heading “:” “,” fullWindow “: false,” fullBleed “: false,” showFullBleedOnMobile “: false,” headColor “:” “,” type “:” html5mobile “,” textColor “:” “,” mobileImageUrl “:” “,” bgColor “:” “,” imageUrl “:” “,” registeredOnly “: false,” linkUrl “:” “,” aodaTitle “:” LOCATOR CARD “,” internalScroll “: false, “displayStyle”: “small-up”}, {“text”: “Const. Christa-Lee Ernst said she was still at the beginning of the investigation and could not reveal whether charges had been filed. “,” Type “:” text “,” isParagraph “: true,” isHeading “: false}, {” type “:” textBreakPoint “,” insertAt “:” contentMiddleBreakPoint “}, {” text “:” So far this year, there have been 10 pedestrian deaths in Hamilton, including one involving a forklift at the workplace, making 2022 the most the worst year for pedestrian deaths in the city for a decade, already overshadowing the death toll from nine in 2021. “,” type “:” text “,” isParagraph “: true,” isHeading “: false}, {” captionPosition “:” overlay “,” origImageSize “:” 1200×744 “,” fullWindowGenericImage “: false,” lastmodified “: 1651785056482,” forceoriginal “: false,” caption “:” The scene of a collision on Main Street West where a pedestrian was killed on thursday. “,” type “:” genericimage “,” credit “:” John Rennison / The Hamilton Spectator “,” url “:” / content / dam / thespec / news / hamilton-region / 2022/05/05 / pedestrian-killed -in-main-street-west-crash / darts.jpg “,” broadcast “:[{“url”:” witness to the crash told The Spectator that traffic on the street was slowing, when a woman driving a black Honda Civic “pinballed” between lanes, accelerated and trucked over the sidewalk, eventually colliding with a front porch, several poles and the DARTS van.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“type”:”ad”,”heading”:”ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW”,”name”:”ArticleSecondBigBox”,”display”:”medium-down”,”pos”:”2″,”interstitial”:true,”sizes”:[[300,250]]}, {“text”: “Everyone was getting smaller,” said Richard Newsham, who saw the collision as he walked his dog, Buddy. “She just kept accelerating and accelerating, rolling like a tornado.” “text”, “isParagraph”: true, “isHeading”: false}, {“type”: “articleRelatedInlinePrimary”}, {“text”: “Brake marks were not easily visible around the area where the Civic came to a stop. the car was crushed, the windows were broken and the airbags were inflated. “,” type “:” text “,” isParagraph “: true,” isHeading “: false}, {” captionPosition “:” overlay “,” origImageSize ” : “1200×820”, “fullWindowGenericImage”: false, “lastmodified”: 1651785056545, “forceoriginal”: false, “caption”: “The scene of a collision on Main Street West in which a pedestrian was killed on Thursday.”: “Genericimage”, “credit”: “John Rennison / The Hamilton Spectator”, “url”: “/ content / dam / thespec / news / hamilton-region / 2022/05/05 / pedestrian-killed-in-main -street-west-crash /house.jpg”,”transmission “:[{“url”:” Up Now”,”buttonLink”:”/emails.html?nsrc=article-inline-covid”,”description”:”Never miss the latest news from The Spectator, including up-to-date coronavirus coverage, with our email newsletters.”,”title”:”Get the latest in your inbox”},{“text”:”“I can’t believe she got out of the car with all the airbags,” said Newsome.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”Thursday’s crash happened only a few hundred metres from the collision hot spot of Main and Dundurn, where on March 30 a 14-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle and seriously injured. “,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”The rising number of pedestrian deaths has generated community outrage, with 170 Hamiltonians petitioning city council last month for street safety audits across the city.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“type”:”relatedStories”,”relatedStories”:[]}, {“type”: “slimcut”}, {“snippet”: “”, “heading”: “”, “fullWindow”: false, “fullBleed”: false, “showFullBleedOnMobile”: false, “headColor”: ” “,” type “:” html5mobile “,” textColor “:” “,” mobileImageUrl “:” “,” bgColor “:” “,” imageUrl “:” “,” registeredOnly “: false,” linkUrl “:” ” , “aodaTitle”: “timeline”, “internalScroll”: false, “displayStyle”: “small-up”}, {“text”: “In April, the city council approved reviews of two disturbing intersections: Dundurn Street on Main Street West, which is close to Thursday’s incident, and the Delta Main-King intersection, where three pedestrians died in March in a stolen car crash. “,” type “:” text “,” isParagraph “: true,” isHeading ” . {: false}, {“text”: “In 2019 ….
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