Stanton, CA — Police responded to calls of a fatal pedestrian accident this past Monday (August 17, 2015) in Stanton, where a man was reportedly hit by an 18-wheeler truck. This happened around 2:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon, at the intersection of Chapman Avenue and Beach Boulevard.
Stanton PD said that a man was apparently crossing Beach Boulevard at Chapman Avenue when he was hit by an 18-wheeler whose driver was trying to turn from Chapman onto Beach Boulevard.
The trucker said that he wasn’t able to see the man. His 18-wheeler had been driving east along Chapman Avenue and was turning south (a right-hand turn) when he hit and killed the man on foot.
The victim’s name wasn’t released.
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Map of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
It seems like this kind of accident is appearing more and more in the news these days. A giant dump truck or tractor-trailer is trying to make a turn in a fairly densely populated area of town and ends up running over someone that they didn’t see. Who’s at fault here? The trucker? The person crossing the road?
To be honest, it’s probably a little bit of both. However, I would expect that truck drivers are on high alert when driving through the city and if they’re not, then something needs to change. I don’t want to start point the blame before we get all the evidence and facts in, but I can’t help wondering if maybe this trucker took the turn a little too fast and didn’t realize there was someone in the crosswalk.
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