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Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be out of action for at least three, possibly four weeks after he was hit by a car while walking in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Heineman, 23, was ...
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The driver remained on the scene following the crash.
In such a situation, a pedestrian is struck by a car front; for instance, the bumper touches either the leg or knee-joint area; then, the lower part of the body is accelerated forward, while the upper part of the body rotates and accelerates to the car; this will likely cause damage to pelvis and thorax.
The pedestrian was crossing Prospect Avenue from east to west at East 40th Street and was struck by a car headed south on Prospect.
While Herzberg was the first pedestrian killed by a self-driving car, [73] [74] a driver had been killed by a semi-autonomous car almost two years earlier. [75] A reporter for The Washington Post compared Herzberg's fate with that of Bridget Driscoll who, in the United Kingdom in 1896, was the first pedestrian to be killed by an automobile. [76]
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The U.S. last year had the highest number of pedestrian fatalities since 1981. Road safety experts pointed to several factors driving the trend. Pedestrian deaths hit a 41-year high.