soltrain..."i think i saw her holding on to her dog by a leash when we passed"

Dang! Holding a dog on a leash?!?!....I saw her on Wheeler near Ramsey's Restaurant headed south toward Rio Grande when I went to lunch about 1115.

i think i saw her holding on to her dog by a leash when we passed...hope she's ok....

whattheheck...Had I been in the same situation and had seen traffic in the adjacent lane slowing/stopping, I probably would have figured someone in the front of the line was making a turn. That seems more reasonable to me than suspecting someone was trying to cross five lanes in a battery powered wheelchair even in the light of hindsight. I'm sorry the lady was hurt and (probably) got her wheelchair totaled, but Navarro is NOT the place for battery powered wheelchairs to be mixing with vehicular traffic. I'm not even sure that it was legal for her to be operating the chair to be on the street. This a far different situation from a school zone where it IS reasonable to expect kids to be walking.

What if it had been a child that motorist were merely stopping to allow to cross the street? Showing courtesy and concern by allowing someone to cross the street should not be a invitation for others to zip around the stopped traffic ignoring or oblivious to why others had stopped ahead of them. Seeing traffic slowed or stopped ahead of you should make you cautious. I have stopped to allow someone to cross the street not thinking it was creating a danger for the person wishing to cross. Wheelchair, child, elderly person, lots of people need the extra consideration.

I am a VERY cautious driver, and I can say that I probably would have atleast slowed down because I saw others doing so, but probably would have ended up hitting the woman, also. You cannot stop in the middle of traffic on Navarro, much less at lunchtime! Yes, you can feel sorry for the woman, but a little common sense goes a long way! My husband has stopped twice in the same manner to let cars out of businesses to cross traffic, but learned his lesson, to never do that again. Both cars were hit after pulling out in front of him. Common sense people! Use it!

I hear you the waywardwind, but just the same I have seen people do this before. The last incicent I actually witnessed was at Crain, A boy trying to cross the busy street on a cross walk and all lanes of traffic stopped but one, which did not have a car at first, the child began to cross and stopped at the first car to be sure no one was coming (smart kid) and sure enough an SUV was coming and did not bother to stop or think wow other cars are stopped, maybe I should check it out and slow down or STOP but they did not. Had this kid not looked he would have been hit and at the 35 mph because yes, this driver did not even slow to the school speed limit. I am sorry for yelling, not my intent but it aggrivates me. People need to be more aware and this guy was wrong for not giving it a second thought as to why people were stopped.

whattheheck...Did you not read the story before yelling? "No citations were issued, but Hanson (the cop) said Brown was at fault for failing to make sure the path was clear before crossing."

This is a regretable incident, and could have been a tragedy, but the lady was crossing a major (the major?) street and didn't have the right-of-way; if a ticket was called for, it should have gone to the lady who got hit. Nobody WANTS to hit a pedestrian or someone in a wheelchair but reasonable people would say this mix, wheelchair vs. SUV, is not conducive to good health.

I feel bad for her, I saw the accident while eating at Texas Seafood. Navarro never has a break in traffic especially during lunch hour. Since Mr. Miller saw that traffic was stopped maybe a little more caution could have been taken and he wouldn't have hit her. Prayers & a speedy recovery to you Ms. Brown

NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED!!!! WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED. GO AHEAD DRIVERS OF VICTORIA, IGNORE THE LAWS IT'S TOTALLY OK, REALLY GO AHEAD. VPD HAS PROVEN THAT STUPID DRIVERS DON'T DESERVE TICKETS. THEY SAVE THOSE NASTY LITTLE PAPERS FOR NAPKINS.