A pedestrian was killed by a speeding car

On Saturday night, in the very center of Warsaw, a tragic accident took place. On Marszałkowska Street (at the level of Złota Street) a driver of a white Porsche fatally struck a pedestrian. The Warsaw police stated that “the pedestrian was crossing the street in an unauthorized place and stepped in front of a Porsche driving down Marszalkowska Street”, Monika Nawrat of the Warsaw Police Department’s communications office told “Gazeta Wyborcza”.

The man died on the spot, he was about 50 years old. “GW” reported that he was on crutches. The officers did not inform at what speed the Porsche driver was driving. Photos show that the damage to the vehicle is considerable (including a cracked entire windshield and a crushed roof), which could indicate that the speed was much higher than the mandatory 50 km/h. Activists from Miasto Jest Nasze reacted to the police announcement saying the officers are wrong.

MJN activists stress that the pedestrian had about 300 meters to the nearest crossing (not counting the underground one) and remind Article 26, Section 7 of the Traffic Law. It reads as follows: “In case of crossing the road of a disabled person using a special sign or a person with apparently reduced mobility, the driver is obliged to stop the vehicle in order to allow him to cross.”

(tokfm.pl)