SEPTA Drivers Sued Over Auto Accident
A 42-year-old man was critically injured on Jan. 11, 2008 after getting hit by a car right after stepping off a SEPTA bus in Frankford, PA. According to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News, he is suing the transit agency and the drivers of the bus and car.
The injured man was struck unconscious and is now confined to a wheelchair with limited mobility in his arms and legs.
The article stated that instead of pulling over into the bus lane, the driver stopped in the traveling lane to let passengers off at Bridge Street.
After the man got off the bus, he was struck by a Mazda that was trying to pass the bus on the right.
The lawsuit says that as a result of the defendants’ negligence and intentional acts, the man suffered “neurological damage, paralysis, speech impediment, loss of motor function, excruciating and agonizing pain.” The lawsuit was filed September 22 in Common Pleas Court. The suit seeks a jury trial and more than $50,000. The injured man said he has and will incur enormous medical bills in excess of one million dollars.
The man has spent about two months in Temple University Hospital, then about six weeks at a Rehab Center.
The suit contends that SEPTA drivers have a “regular, ongoing pattern” of discharging passengers in an unsafe manner.
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