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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The driver of the van who killed Allie Hart came to a complete stop. Then he proceeded to start through the intersection and Allie came down the sidewalk and without stopping continued into the street, where she and her adult did not, in fact, have the right of way.

It is tragic beyond belief. But the driver STOPPED and then commenced to drive thru a clear crosswalk.  [/quote]

How do you come to a complete stop, look both ways, not see a child coming towards you, then accelerate fast enough to kill her? No way that driver came to a complete stop. [/quote]

+1 or he stopped but didn’t look both ways. I have seen this so many times when I am in the crosswalk already.[/quote]

[url]https://wtop.com/dc/2021/09/girl-struck-and-killed-in-northeast-dc-crosswalk-identified/[/url][/quote]

The initial police findings are often wrong, and they were wrong in this case.

Plus, if you were driving, and you killed a child, would it make you feel better knowing that you had the right-of-way? It wouldn't make me feel better. When I'm driving, I try not to hit people, right-of-way or no right-of-way. And I take special care when I'm driving around children, which the law actually requires drivers to do.[/quote]

If the report was wrong, what really happened?[/quote]

The driver blew through the stopsign. Just like multiple videos show multiple vehicle operators doing on a regular basis.  [/quote]

No. Multiple witnesses said the driver came to a complete stop. Then proceeded.  Then poor child comes flying down the sidewalk and without breaking speed continues into the street --and right into the front fender of his vehicle

Obviously a squishy human is going to lose that collision every single time. [i]That is not the same thing as fault[/i]   [i]It also doesn't mean the driver didn't stop[/i], as much as you need that to be true to fit your narrative and all the baggage you bring to this issue. [/quote]

Not disputing what you’ve said, but I’m curious as to how you know what multiple witnesses said in the absence of a public report on the investigation.[/quote]

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