Road design, safety and Vision Zero

[jeffster]

The only reason I can think of is that the person did not cross at the crosswalk. However, the reports do not mention anything about that.

If that was the case, then the charge laid is incorrect.

It should be failure to cross AT a nearby crossing.

Failure to yield at a crossover suggests they were AT the crossover.

Honestly, the police have some splainin to do here.

When I am out and driving, I have stopped at a green light more times than I can count, because of a pedestrian crossing against a red light. It's a daily occurrence. I am guessing in this case, either the police witnessed the collision, or the tow operator had a dash cam.

Possibly too, the tow operator had an advanced green, and the pedestrian ignored the "Don't Walk" pedestrian signal. Again, this occurs all the time.