Inaccurate.
A mother, and her baby, were driving towards Ferry in their white Kia SUV, when the driver of the red car, tried to turn left, and didn’t see them. The SUV t-boned the car. The driver of the Kia was not ticketed, but was taken to hospital, with her baby.

Good ol’ physics. Always working.

How do we know the driver of the red car did not see them?

The driver of the red car may have seen them but misjudged the speed of the white SUV.

I am trying to reconstruct the situation from the description given.

White SUV driving south on Queensway. Red car driving north on Queensway with intent to turn left onto 20th west bound.

Likely the red car did not stop to turn left to let the SUV pass before making turn, but kept on moving and turning left for whatever reason – did not see the SUV or misjudged ability to turn left before SUV got to intersection.

What doe not fit with that sort of reconstruction hypothesis is that the police gave a ticket to the SUV, when it should have been the red car since the SUV had the right of way. Was the SUV entering the intersection on a yellow light?

Interesting. Which story is the accurate one, if any? And if one is, what info is still missing, if any?
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If one vehicle was north bound, and the other southbound on the same street, how can a vehicle be t-boned? unless one of them was changing direction such as making a U-turn, turning into another street, or turning into a driveway or parking lot?

I left some space for others to put notes in…..;-)

Posted by: gus on September 11 2013 9:45 AM

How do we know the driver of the red car did not see them?
*Because the driver of the red car said he didn’t see them, and has taken 100% responsibility for the crash. He was apologetic at the scene.

The driver of the red car may have seen them but misjudged the speed of the white SUV.
*SUV wasn’t speeding.
I am trying to reconstruct the situation from the description given.

White SUV driving south on Queensway. Red car driving north on Queensway with intent to turn left onto 20th west bound.
*Yes.

Likely the red car did not stop to turn left to let the SUV pass before making turn, but kept on moving and turning left for whatever reason – did not see the SUV or misjudged ability to turn left before SUV got to intersection.
*I believe that there was a line of cars waiting to turn onto 20th, eastbound towards the museum. The red driver couldn’t see the SUV coming through the lights oncoming.

What doe not fit with that sort of reconstruction hypothesis is that the police gave a ticket to the SUV, when it should have been the red car since the SUV had the right of way. Was the SUV entering the intersection on a yellow light?
*The SUV driver was not issued a ticket. Light was green.

Interesting. Which story is the accurate one, if any? And if one is, what info is still missing, if any?
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If one vehicle was north bound, and the other southbound on the same street, how can a vehicle be t-boned? unless one of them was changing direction such as making a U-turn, turning into another street, or turning into a driveway or parking lot?
*Which is what really shows that this story as reported is entirely inaccurate.

The scrap yard is full of Pontiac Sunflowers, bad drivers are attracted to Pontiac Sunflowers…..I don’t have an explanation….

gus, a picture tells a lot. here is a thought. red car has damage to right rear quarter panel, the suv has damage to right front fender. this could indicate the car was well into the intersection turning left when hit by the suv. this could indicate the suv operator never saw the red car until it was too late and made contact on right rear of red car spinning it around.
just guessing because I never saw it happen.
glad there was no serious injuries.