METRORail Train Hits Blind Man Crossing Intersection
Pedestrian Loses Consciousness
POSTED: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
UPDATED: 3:45 pm CST January 4,
2006
  METRORail Accident Scene On Lamar At Main |
HOUSTON -- A METRORail train hit a blind man as he crossed a downtown Houston intersection Wednesday.Officials said Adair Smith, 58, was crossing the intersection at the tracks on Lamar and Main shortly after 11:30 a.m. when he was struck. He told witnesses that he heard the train, but did not know where to go because he could not tell its direction.Smith lost consciousness for a short time. He was transported to Ben Taub Hospital, where his condition was not released.The accident is under investigation.
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