Where the accident happened there is no crosswalk or lights. It is where traffic from the airport, the tunnel from in town and local traffic converge. Anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows when rush hour traffic happens and knows better than to try to cross the street in that area. His head was down and he just stepped off the curb without looking either way talking on his cell phone. There were some of the neighborhood elderly folks sitting outside at the time and saw the whole thing. One woman was so upset at what she saw, she couldn't stop crying. The police couldn't even interview her.
It is a common practice here that if you don't have AC, you take your folding beach chair and sit outside on the sidewalk with your neighbors. So they were right there and saw the whole thing. Rush hour traffic starts here around 3:30 p.m. The sun is just starting to go down and when going south, can be blinding. That may have been a factor. The street runs north/south. the accident happened on the south side of the street. But like my son says, in this state you should have your vehicle under your control at all times. It was definitely the pedestrian's fault. But the driver will get all the blame. It will go on his driving record, but I doubt if the police will process it for any court action. That is very typical here.
