Pedestrians struck by truck at foot of Edmund Pettus Bridge
Published 11:40 am Tuesday, March 26, 2024
First responders care for two pedestrians who were hit by a pickup truck crossing Broad Street at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge Tuesday morning. | Brent Maze, The Selma Tiimes-Journal
The City of Selma Fire and Rescue team responds to an accident just outside The Selma Times-Journal office. | Lanell Smith, The Selma Times-Journal
First responders evaluate two pedestrians who were hit by a truck just outside The Selma Times-Journal office. | Lanell Smith, The Selma Times-Journal
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Two pedestrians were injured when they were struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of Broad Street and Water Avenue Tuesday morning.
According to Sgt. Gerral Pinkston of the Selma Police Department, the two women had just come from the Reflections Coffee Shoppe when they were attempting to cross Broad Street at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
“The pickup truck was turning left from Water Avenue and struck the pedestrians,” Pinkston said.
The women’s drinks splattered across the hood of the pickup truck, and the women sat on the pavement in the rain as emergency workers tended to their injuries. It appeared that the truck’s hood was also dented.
The two victims were placed in neck braces by EMTs. One of the first responders also brought an umbrella to the women and sat with them on the pavement as they were awaiting an ambulance.
Emergency responders helped the women onto the ambulance where they were taken to the hospital for evaluation.
The Selma Police Department is investigating the crash. No other information was immediately available
