Thomas Soong, 88, was killed in a Queens pedestrian accident after suffering major head injuries when a motorist struck him at a Murray Hill street intersection. According to an AMNY news report, the octogenarian died from his injuries three days after the collision on Northern Boulevard between 146th and 147th streets, just a block away from his home.
Fatal Pedestrian Accident
Officials said the driver was exiting a restaurant parking lot the night of March 11
and crossed the roadway’s double-yellow line and painted median to make a left turn when he struck Soong who was in the left-most eastbound lane. Paramedics found the pedestrian lying in the road with head injuries and rushed him to a local hospital in serious condition. Soong died from his injuries three days later. We offer our deepest condolences to the victim’s family members.
Police said the 52-year-old driver remained at the scene. No arrests or citations have been made pending an official investigation. AMNY reports that Soong is the third pedestrian to die on that 343-foot stretch of Northern Boulevard since August 2011, according to data from NYC Crash Mapper.
The data also show that there have been 68 prior crashes there during that timeframe, injuring 80 people. Six of the collisions were near the same parking lot’s exit, injuring seven people, six of them pedestrians. The short stretch along the six-lane Northern Boulevard has no marked crossings between the intersections, but has several such parking lots where drivers cross the sidewalk to enter and exit the roadway.
Injuries and Compensation
This tragic pedestrian accident is an illustration of how vulnerable pedestrians — particularly the elderly — are on New York’s roadways. Several studies have consistently shown that elderly pedestrians struck by motor vehicles have the highest fatality rate of all pedestrian injury victims. Elderly victims also tend to suffer the most serious and debilitating injuries such as traumatic brain injuries, hip fractures, spinal cord injuries, etc.
The greater the speed of the collision, the more severe the injuries are likely to be. A number of pedestrian accidents in New York City occur at crowded street intersections where drivers don’t pay proper attention to the roadway or look out for pedestrians who may be crossing the street.
If you have been injured in a New York pedestrian accident, you may be able to seek compensation for damages including medical expenses, lost income and benefits, hospitalization, cost of rehabilitation, permanent injuries, disabilities, past and future pain and suffering, etc. If you have lost a loved one in a pedestrian accident, you may be able to seek compensation by filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible parties.
Contacting an Experienced Lawyer
If you or a loved one has been injured in a pedestrian accident or bicycle accident, or if you have lost a loved one in an auto accident caused by a negligent (careless) driver, the experienced New York personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Kenneth A. Wilhelm can help you better understand your legal rights and options, and also fight hard to recover just compensation for you.
Pedestrian accident victims and their families should also remember that they can seek compensation for injuries or losses in collisions even if the victim was not walking in a marked crosswalk and even if the driver involved in collision was not charged. Our law firm recovered the full one million dollar insurance policy for a girl who was not in the crosswalk when a motor vehicle hit her.
For over 50 years, our skilled accident attorneys have established a proven track record of helping injured victims get fair compensation for their losses. Our law firm recently recovered $5,600,000 for a bicyclist who was hit by a van, and $2,550,000 for another victim of a truck accident, and $3,000,000 for a pedestrian who was hit by a car, and the full $1,000,000 insurance policy for a pedestrian who was hit by a truck, and $4,625,000 for a driver who was in a car and was hit by a van, and $2,500,000 for a man who fell through an improperly secured hole.
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Source: https://www.amny.com/police-fire/senior-pedestrian-dies-injuries-queens-crash/