Auto Accident in Boynton Beach, Florida Kills Pedestrian
More than 8,084 pedestrians were involved in auto accidents in 2004. Out of that number, 504 were killed and 7,551 were injured. And, these numbers are only increasing as each year passes.
In this auto accident case, the victim was a 74 year old grandmother taking a walk one beautiful Saturday morning in Boynton Beach, Florida. As she was passing by a McDonald’s, a bizarre accident occurred.
An 83 year old gentleman was pulling out on to Federal Highway from the McDonald’s driveway and making a right-hand turn with the flow of traffic. According to witnesses, this elderly driver pulled out in front of a pick-up truck traveling down Federal Highway. The pick-up truck hit the elderly man’s car on the left rear panel, spinning the car around 180 degrees, where it struck the median and then continued to accelerate in the opposite direction back toward the sidewalk, where the victim was walking. As the car was accelerating, it hit the sidewalk curb and ran over the victim, then flattened a “Do Not Enter” sign and some bushes, before dragging the victim over a grassy berm and back down the berm’s embankment back toward the McDonald’s building. Glass shattered and metal frames bent as the car crumbled the building’s door and window while literally crushing the victim.
The victim in this case had been married to her husband for 54 years at the time of this accident. Her husband had gone golfing this particular morning and when he returned, he was surprised that his wife had not yet returned from her morning walk. As time passed, he grew concerned and went first to the nearby McDonald’s where she sometimes stopped. The owner of the McDonald’s knew the couple and immediately sat the husband down and informed him what had happened to his wife and that she had been taken to nearby Delray Medical Center.
The victim’s husband was taken to the hospital by police, but his wife was already in surgery and he was informed that she could not be saved, as she had died approximately five hours after she had been crushed.
This auto accident was a case that involved the loss of a love relationship that had existed for decades - a loss so sudden and tragic that the details of it will never be erased from the minds of this victim’s family. This lovely lady was a wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She will be missed and grieved by her entire family.
Thankfully, Richard D. Schuler was able to settle this case with all defendants for the total amount of $1,837,500.00.
