Pedestrian injured Monday morning while crossing US 59
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TELFERNER - A 68-year-old woman thought she struck a deer on U.S. Highway 59 early Monday morning, but she had hit a woman.
Melisa Ann Barksdale, 30, is in guarded condition at Citizens Medical Center, with injuries to her foot, arm and ribs, said Trooper Ruben San Miguel, who investigated the wreck.
Deputies were called to the house where Barksdale lives with her boyfriend and his mother about 1:20 a.m., Captain Herb Tucker with the Victoria County Sheriff's Office said.
The mother asked Barksdale to leave, he said, and rather than wait for her own mother, she began to walk from the home in the 200 block of Albert Avenue. Because no crimes had taken place and Barksdale was not intoxicated, she was allowed to go, Tucker said.
Sgt. Ryan Mikulec saw Barksdale walk across the westbound lane of U.S. Highway 59 at Hill Road, Tucker said.
"She appeared not to be paying any attention to traffic on the highway," Tucker said.
Betty Graham Harvell, 68, was driving from her Willis home to Corpus Christi to visit her husband in the hospital when she hit something in a dark, rainy stretch of road, San Miguel said. Harvell stopped her Saturn LL at a nearby gas station, where she noticed dents in the bumper and told attendants she thought she hit a deer.
After seeing Barksdale hit, deputies found Harvell at the gas station.
San Miguel will discuss whether charges against Harvell are warranted with District Attorney Steve Tyler, he said.
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Vehicles have the right of way in this case. If Mrs. Harvell would have attempted to avoid this it could have been much worse.
October 29, 2009 at 11:54 a.m.Just like crossing any city street (John Stackbauer, for example), pedestrians need to look both ways and wait for traffic to pass before walking into the roadway.
October 27, 2009 at 9:09 a.m.Sounds to me like it was an ACCIDENT. My prayers go out to both parties involved.
October 26, 2009 at 8:21 p.m.