Support Sommerville Family After Tragic Accident
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This was me and my family. We are staying at a motel and are in desperate need to be able to stay here. We were homeless to begin with. I was offered an apartment and was gonna take it until this accident. The apartment was on the second floor with stairs no elevators now I can not do the stairs I have a broken pelvis, loose particles in my left shoulder staples in the back of my head, and stitches on my upper lip. I will be making a gofundme to try to get as much help as possible. I want to thank the N. Charleston Police Department, ambulance, and any other person that was there to help us on this day of our incident. With being disabled already I can’t work or have enough funds to continue to stay at this motel on a weekly basis. We are just asking for a little help. The pic of us is posted. I also lost my husband this past March and it hasn’t been easy ever since. It’s just us now. I would love to thank everyone that was there for us. My cash app is Sommerville24. NORTH CHARLESTON — A mother and two children were injured when a tow truck driver turned onto Ashley Phosphate Road, hitting them while they were legally walking in the crosswalk.
North Charleston police officers responded to the road's intersection with Stall Road just after 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 12, according to a collision report provided to The Post and Courier on Nov. 13.
The family was crossing Ashley Phosphate Road with the right of way after pushing the button to use the crosswalk when a CBR Towing truck made a left turn from Tedder Street onto Ashley Phosphate Road, failing to yield for the pedestrians, the collision report said. Tedder Street turns into Stall Road at its intersection with Ashley Phosphate Road, maps show.
Tow truck driver Anthony David Anderson was ticketed with failure to yield to pedestrians. A manager from the tow truck company was unavailable to comment prior to publication.
Charleston is one of the nation's deadliest places for pedestrians. Most died on the same 5 roads.
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Charleston is one of the nation's deadliest places for pedestrians. Most died on the same 5 roads.
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All three pedestrians were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police spokesperson Harve Jacobs said.
"The family is OK," he told The Post and Courier on Nov. 13.
The family was walking their dog, which ran off during the collision, Jacobs said. North Charleston Police Capt. Rick Keys was able to rescue the dog and return it to the family, he added.
Ashley Phosphate Road is one of the five deadliest roads for pedestrians in Charleston County, according to a Post and Courier investigation. The Charleston metro area is the ninth-deadliest place for pedestrians in the country.
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Yesenia Sommerville
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