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THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (GOOD SAMARITAN)!!

by KJ on Feb.27, 2009, under Chatter, Just Wondering

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When you see anyone in need of help, your first instinct should be to help them if you can. Most instances we will think before we react ( lending money, loaning a car, allowing someone to move in temporarily, i.e.). We will not just give immediate responses to these types of issues. However, it appears that it is the less serious issues that we should concern ourselves with, such as being a good Samaritan and helping the Elderly cross the road……….

“A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly women cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when he was hit Friday night.

Moffett suffered bleeding in the brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen. He was in serious but stable condition Wednesday.

The Colorado State Patrol issued the citation. Trooper Ryan Sullivan said that despite Moffett’s intentions, jaywalking contributed to the accident.

Moffett had been driving his bus when the two women got off. In the interest of safety, he got out and, together with another passenger, helped the ladies cross.

Moffett’s stepson, Ken McDonald, said the driver of the pickup plowed into his stepfather, but not before Moffett pushed the two women out of the way.

When he awoke in intensive care, he learned of the ticket. “His reaction was dazed and confused. I was a little angry,” said McDonald.

The other man also was cited for jaywalking, while the pickup driver was cited with careless driving that led to injury. Sullivan said the two elderly women haven’t been cited but the investigation is ongoing.” Associated Press

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2 Comments for this entry

  • Anon

    WOW someone should tie that trooper up and beat him with a rubber hose. The law is one thing, but there is always the gray area in anything wherein interpretation and reasoning of the law are relatively weighted to the purpose of the act that was in violation of that law! WTF – the guy saved her life most likely! That surely outweighs jaywalking. Some people are just blank to the essence of life!

  • Sexy J

    What is wrong with the trooper? Is he just plain stupid?

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