AUSTIN, TX — Georgia Esquivel was killed in a serious accident in a parking lot in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, November 11th, 2014. The news article from KXAN said that the accident happened at around 2:00 Tuesday afternoon.
83-year-old Georgia Esquivel was killed when she was struck by a passing vehicle while she was walking through the parking lot of McCallum High School. The report does not specify how the accident may have happened, nor the speed of the vehicle that hit her.
Esquivel was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency personnel.
The Austin Police Department is still going over the details of the accident at this time.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
I hear a lot of people quote the phrase “the pedestrian always has the right of way”, but in reality, this is incorrect (and potentially dangerous information. However, there are exceptions to this. Specifically related to this case, the fact that the victim was in a parking lot when she was struck. Marked crosswalks, parking lots, and biking or pedestrian lanes always give people on-foot a level of protection, and this case is probably no exception. Ultimately, parking lots have a great deal of pedestrian foot-traffic, so keeping a watchful eye out while traversing them is a duty drivers have. If this driver failed to do so, or was going too fast, then they’re probably going to be on the hook for this accident.
–Grossman Law Offices
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