While mowing my lawn…
I live on a busy street near a busy intersection in town and today as I was mowing the lawn with the evening rush hour traffic buzzing by, a slew of cop cars zipped through and shutdown the intersection. I knew something had happened so I grabbed a camera from the house, abandoning my lawn mower and ran down to see what was going on….
9 May 2008: A girl, described to be in her teens by witnesses is loaded into an ambulance after being struck while jaywalking at the corner of Packard Street and East Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor, MI. The van involved in the accident sent the pedestrian “flying across Stadium Blvd” where she landed on the street corner, says Ann Arbor resident Steve Sharik. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: The mother of a teenage driver fields questions from a police officer after her daughter driving the green van struck the apparently jaywalking pedestrian. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: Ann Arbor resident Steve Sharik, right, recounts to a police officer how the teenage girl was struck “flying across Stadium Blvd” where she landed on the street corner, he says. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: A teen driver is comforted by her mother after the van she was driving struck a jaywalking pedestrian at the corner of Packard Street and East Stadium Blvd, during evening rush hour, in Ann Arbor, MI. (Photo by Tony Ding)
Tony Ding is an Ann Arbor, Mich. based photojournalist who covers news, business, personalities, sports and the arts. Ding strings for the Associated Press, The New York Times, Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News. His work is also represented by Icon SMI and NewsCom. Learn more about his work at www.tonyding.com.
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