Vehicle Strikes Teenager and Flees Following Collision
In New York, an 18-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a 29-year-old driver. The victim was walking home from a friend’s house late at night when the accident occurred. The driver reportedly fled the scene after the accident occurred. Police eventually found the driver and arrested her, charging her with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to keep right.
The victim had been visiting home during the weekend off from State University of New York where he was a freshman in Engineering. Police were able to partially identify the vehicle that struck him which ultimately led to the driver’s arrest. A police lieutenant stated the driver most likely knew she hit somebody or something but continued to drive off.
It’s a terrible tragedy when a person is killed at a very young age as a result of an automobile accident or pedestrian-car accident, but it is much worse when the victim is simply left to die on the side of the road because the perpetrator refuses to stop and help them. Aside from that it is immoral to leave a person to die in this way, it is also against the law. If a person is able to administer aid to a victim it is their duty to do whatever they possibly can until qualified medical personnel or law enforcement arrive. This is especially true when the person is a qualified medical professional themselves.
The victim in this incident should never have been left on the side of the road even if the woman who struck him didn’t realize initially that she hit a person. When she heard the impact against her vehicle, she should have pulled over to the side of the road to ensure that everything was ok before driving away. The 18-year-old victim in this incident could possibly still be alive today if the woman had stopped to ensure whether she actually hit someone or something. The victim could have gotten better medical help early enough to possibly save his life. Now the driver in this incident could face stiff penalties because she chose to drive away rather than stay and help the 18-year-old victim.
