Comments on: UPDATED: Pedestrian Dies After Christmas Eve Accident

By: ARLnow.com

ARLnow.com — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:48:22 +0000

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By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:39:07 +0000

Very sad. I can’t even imagine. My thoughts and prayers to any family and friends reading this.

I hope at least a couple people read this and think about it the next time they’re tempted to drive foolishly in an area with a lot of pedestrians.

I used to live a block away from there on Randolph and got hit by a car one block away several years ago. People just don’t think about the consequences, I think.

One opportunity for the ACPD to consider is adding more officers on foot with radar guns in high traffic areas, so maybe an accident can be prevented in the future.

By: John E. Andre

John E. Andre — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:20:58 +0000

Typical situation… even though this apparently resulted from a collision, the problem is that vehicles always seem to get favored over pedestrians nowadays regardless of right-of-way laws. There are lots of highly questionable and hazardous thoroughfares and intersections around here…Columbia Pike and South Jefferson Street here near Baileys Crossroads is an extremely glaring case in point…several turn lanes not even controlled by the traffic signal! Hardly a week goes by without my being threatened at an intersection, even with the “walk” signal in my favor, by some dimwit driver I don’t even see horning in on me by way of a left turn from behind. It seems, that in order to survive nowadays, a pedestrian needs to have the impossible: a 360-degree field of vision. Even in supposedly “car-free” Arlington, current traffic enforcement procedures seem weighted to favor drivers over pedestrians!

By: Loocy

Loocy — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 03:15:10 +0000

Just because they are not a trauma center does not mean that they don’t handle emergencies. There are only five level one trauma centers in the entire state. To be a level one, you have to be fully staffed round the clock with neurosurgeons and other types of surgeons. It is very difficult to keep that level of staffing except in very large facilities, and it would be pointless for Arlington to set that up when there are two level ones within an easy distance.

By: friend

friend — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:12:27 +0000

she was my friend. she was supportive, understanding. kind, generous, and so much fun to be around. It’s so sad. I’m just so shocked.

By: YTK

YTK — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:38:43 +0000

Stuttgart – Excellent, sensible layout

By: Tabs

Tabs — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:37:37 +0000

That’s pretty likely. People were driving even more distracted than usual yesterday. I nearly got hit on I-95 when a driver on the phone drifted into my lane. As a pedestrian, I nearly got run over downtown the other day.

Tragic death. So sorry this young woman’s life has been cut short.

By: malaka

malaka — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:04:30 +0000

please…let’s not get into the usual silly comments and arguments….this is too sad. Prayers are with the family.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:27:32 +0000

Oh no? Question something — how, how, how shocking. Glad to know that the fire department employees are monitoring comments to set us all straight. Apparently, anything they do is perfect.

Seriously, what is the point of Arlington Hospital’s emergency room if they cannot handle emergencies? It not like Arlington is a sleepy little one-stoplight town with the veterinarian doubling as the local doctor.

By: NoVA RN

NoVA RN — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 23:20:44 +0000

You must have been the 911 dispatcher who took the call last night, or one of the first responders at the scene. And if you’re not, I’m sure that Arlington County would hire you immediately regardless of training (or lack thereof) because of your wealth of knowledge.

Per Google Maps, it’s 13 minutes to GWUH and 17 minutes to Fairfax from the scene. But do you know what the traffic conditions were like going into DC at the time, as opposed to going outbound? Do you know if GW was accepting patients by ambulance, or if they were diverting them to other hospitals because of patient volume? Let the first responders do the jobs that they’re trained to do!

I work at neither hospital, but I can tell you based on what colleagues have said that if I ever had a life-threatening medical emergency and I had to choose between the two, I’d prefer to go to Fairfax.