Danger on Route 13 in Bensalem, PA for drivers and pedestrians…
Jun 16th, 2009 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, Local Car AccidentsRoute 13, also known as Bristol Pike, is a local Bucks County road that runs from Morrisville, PA through Bristol, PA and Bensalem, PA to Philadelphia. The stretch of Bristol Pike (Route 13) that runs through Bensalem, PA has proven to be an extremely dangerous road for motorists and pedestrians due to many Bucks County car accidents and pedestrian accidents.
On Saturday, June 6, 2009, Calius Sykes of Willingboro, NJ was struck by a motorist as he stood at the rear of his truck, which he stopped on the side of the road on the 2800 block of Bristol Pike, very close to Street Road in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
At approximately 1:15 p.m. a car skidded into the rear of his truck, striking Sykes. The car was driven by Christine Dow of Trenton, NJ, who sustained minor injuries. An ambulance rushed Mr. Sykes to Aria Health’s Torresdale campus in Philadelphia. Sykes suffered serious personal injuries.
Reports show that just a few weeks prior to this Bucks County auto accident, on Route 13 in Bensalem, a man and woman from Philadelphia were killed in a car accident near the same stretch of Bristol Pike. It has been reported that fifteen pedestrians have been fatally injured by pedestrian-car accidents on Route 13 in Bucks County, PA in the past ten years.
Perhaps local authorities or PennDot should do a traffic study on this section of Route 13 to determine the reason why there are so many serious car accidents?
NO, LET THEM NOT TO THE STUDY, THEN THEDEFENDANTS CAN WIN CASE AFTER CASE FOR THE STATE FAILING TO EVER TAKE ACTION OR EVEN STUDY THE PROBLEM. THATS FINE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE STATE RATHER BE SUED AND LOSE MONEY, AND HAVE PEOPLE INJURED AND KILLED, THEN TO DO A STUDY AND FIX THE PROBLEM.
There’s nothing wrong with Bristol Pike in that area! The speed limit is 35mph and the road is damn straight! People just need to stop being dumb…learn how to drive and walk for that matter..