Car hits man in Dandan
Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services medics attend to a man who was injured after a car struck him as he was crossing Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Road in front of the MangoSix Restaurant in Dandan last Friday night. (Ferdie de la Torre)
A man was seriously injured after a vehicle hit him as he was crossing Chalan Monsignor Guerrero Road near MangoSix Restaurant in Dandan last Friday night.
Witnesses said the victim is a manager of Best Sunshine International Ltd. who stays in an inn near the area.
As of press time there was no update from the Department of Public Safety about the victim’s medical condition at the Commonwealth Health Center.
DPS has yet to release information about the accident.
Saipan Tribune learned from witnesses that it was dark in the area where the accident happened at about 10pm.
The victim, an Asian male, was holding a cellphone and had crossed the highway from the front of MangoSix toward Just Laundry.
A white Rav 4, being driven by a man, was traveling toward San Jose when it struck the pedestrian. The pedestrian was thrown several meters away. The vehicle had a huge dent on its hood.
Police officers and medics from the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived. While medics did attend to the victim, it took about 25 minutes before an ambulance came, a witness said.
The victim, who was wearing a dark shirt, was earlier seen using his cellphone while walking on the dimly lit area on the shoulder of the road in front of MangoSix.
Police placed the incident under further investigation.
It is too bad for this injury, BUT bets are that this guy was wearing very dark clothes and walking down the middle of the road.
This is all so common with Filipino and Chinese. Even when there is a sidewalk they will walk down the middle of the road wearing black at night. If there are many they will walk down the middle spread out across the road.
I have come across in the past so many times and almost have hit these people, many times almost causeing an accident when I have had to swerve into the other lane and even on to the sidewalk..
This is also so common in their own country no matter what time of the day. Walking down the roadway parallel to an existing sidewalk, obstructing traffic and causing a long backup during the daytime
They act the same way at work from what I am told. I have a friend in security at the casino that said it is a nightmare enforcing safety rules at the casino because the CWs just ignore them and then their management never backs them up
So are they medics using the DPS pickup to respond and transport this accident victim?