Downtown Des Moines – DART Drivers 7, Pedestrians 0!

Steve Lombardi

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When I posted on July 24, 2009 about Des Moines bus drivers hitting pedestrians never did I anticipate that today we’d be once again discussing another bus-pedestrian collision in downtown Des Moines? Well, we are. They did it again, a DART driver struck another pedestrian.

Just another Day in Paradise for Downtown Pedestrians and DART Drivers

I didn’t know it could happen so soon after the last one. But count them, the 7th pedestrian-bus collision in downtown Des Moines since July 2007. A 61-year-old woman was struck by a DART bus and taken to an area hospital. This is the second accident in just 19 days. The third or fourth one back cost the City of Des Moines Transit Authority $2.74 million.

William Holmes was struck in a crosswalk by a DART bus on Oct. 13, 2008 in downtown Des Moines.

Veronica Lima, 54, is still in the hospital after she sustained leg injuries on July 9, 2009.

Just last week, it’s being said that DART settled a lawsuit with Emily Abrahamsen. Ms. Abrahamsen’s pelvis was crushed in August of 2007 when she too was hit by a city bus.

It's going to be a long summer.