Red Bank, New York — A man was sent to a hospital yesterday morning (Thursday, July 9, 2015) after a taxicab accidentally crashed into him in Red Bank as he was crossing the street. This happened around 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning along Broad Street at the intersection of Linden Place. The injured man was identified as 36-year old Nin Chen, from Brooklyn.
According to the news reports so far, Chen was walking across Broad Street that morning when cab driver Douglas Renigan, 73, crashed into him.
Later, the police investigated this and said that Renigan claims he saw Chen crossing the road in front of him, but crashed into him anyway. Chen was confirmed to have been using a crosswalk at the time of the accident.
He was taken to a hospital for leg injuries and lacerations afterward and didn’t appear to be a life-threatening condition.
The cab driver here, Douglas Renigan, was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian and for careless driving. At the time, he was working for Red Bank Yellow Cab
Map of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
I read about this accident and, to be honest, was a little shocked to hear that a professional driver in New York had accidentally hit an innocent man crossing the street. Many times, accidents like this are actually the fault of the pedestrian, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. From what I can tell, this taxi driver made a pretty big error in judgement in not stopping in time — especially considering that the news is telling us the taxi driver admitted to seeing the man in the street.
There was another accident involving a box truck here a few weeks ago that killed an elderly woman on Broad Street, I’m sure many remember it. Is this normal for this area of town? Is the visibility exceedingly poor on this road, or are these drivers just not paying enough attention behind the wheel?
— Grossman Law Offices
