ArtemisGrey OP t1_ird9yg0 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:04 AM

10/05/2022 >SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Police have identified a pedestrian killed in a crash in Springfield on Tuesday.

>Ronnie Highbear, 35, of Rapid City, South Dakota, died in the single-vehicle crash.

>Officers responded to Republic Road and Fremont Avenue intersection around 7:30 a.m. Police say Highbear walked northbound across Republic Road when he was struck by a 2019 Nissan Rogue traveling eastbound. Police say impairment is not suspected in the crash.

>The crash was the 20th traffic fatality in Springfield in 2022.

yaxgto t1_ire4i2k wrote on October 7, 2022 at 11:15 AM

I was walking across the street the other day in downtown and almost got hit twice in a single crossing. Just terrible drivers here.

Wrinklestiltskin t1_ireatlb wrote on October 7, 2022 at 12:26 PM

My wife and I almost got hit by this blind old lady just south of the square the other day. We were already walking through the crosswalk when she rolled up to the stop, didn't even fully stop, and then started to drive directly into us. She stopped when I started yelling at her and she tried to signal like she couldn't see us. I told her to open her damn eyes or stop driving...

WashIntelligent7956 t1_irf0gl7 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 3:55 PM

same thing happened to me with a bus, i was already walking in the cross walk and a bus driver tried to run me over

miaret t1_irf2pzz wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:12 PM

Keep your phone out and recording whenever you cross. If a driver takes me out with their shitty driving choices, I'm going to haunt them for the rest of their lives legally with evidence of my death and a nice prison cell. Assholes can't drive in the DOC.