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News
Pedestrian struck during crash near roundabout in Mount Horeb, dispatch
says
By: Stephanie Fryer
Posted: Dec 11, 2019 07:53 AM CST Updated: Dec 11, 2019 04:37 PM CST
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. - A 15-year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle
Wednesday morning in Mount Horeb, Dane County dispatchers said.
The incident happened around 7:30 a.m. at Springdale Street and North
Eighth Street, which is part of the roundabout near Kwik Trip.
The Mount Horeb Fire Department said the pedestrian was taken to UW
Hospital.
There is no word on the condition of the pedestrian, but officials said
the driver was uninjured.
This is a developing story, and News 3 Now will update you once we learn
more.
On 2019-12-11 16:49, Andy Bach via Bikies wrote:
I know Robbie has brought this up before:
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/12/news-journalism-traffic-deaths-road-safety-accident-research/603289/
Road safety advocates often argue that the media tends to blame
victims when cars collide with pedestrians and cyclists, and that this
has an effect on the way the public thinks about responsibility on the
road.
A recent research paper finds that hunch can be backed up by the data.
Researchers analyzed the language used in a sample of articles about
crashes and found that the stories frequently obscured the driver’s
role or shifted blame to the vulnerable road user traveling by bike or
on foot. And coverage rarely included broader context about road
conditions or public policy, instead treating them as “isolated
incidents.” In some cases, it’s the difference between using
language like “accident,” which suggests it was unavoidable,
versus “crash.” CityLab’s Richard Florida has the details:
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