Driver hits pedestrian in heavily marked crosswalk
Police charge driver after studying law, changing their response
Marlen Delgado was crossing the new Highland Strip crosswalk last week when she was struck by a vehicle. She escaped with minor injuries. Police originally did not charge the driver, but updated the report a week later to charge her with failure to yield to a pedestrian at a crosswalk. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Video shows a Jeep motoring through the new Highland Strip crosswalk, and striking and hurling a schoolteacher through the air. Police did not charge the driver, raising questions about how serious the city takes pedestrian safety.
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accidents Highland Strip pedestrian activity Pedestrian SafetyTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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