Pedestrian safety has become a growing concern across Jackson, and a recent incident near Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Powers Avenue highlights why. In early November 2025, a pedestrian was struck while crossing the street. While the crash remains under investigation, events like this raise important questions about pedestrian rights — and what injured victims can ...What Pedestrians Should Know About Their Rights
Pedestrian safety has become a growing concern across Jackson, and a recent incident near Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Powers Avenue highlights why. In early November 2025, a pedestrian was struck while crossing the street. While the crash remains under investigation, events like this raise important questions about pedestrian rights — and what injured victims can ...
A tragic incident occurred on West Northside Drive as a Jackson pedestrian was fatally struck by three vehicles while attempting to cross the street. The Jackson Police Department reported that the accident occurred near the 100 block of West Northside Drive at approximately 6:30 p.m. The victim, a 32-year-old man, was hit by a blue ...
A fatal Jackson pedestrian accident was reported recently as he was attempting to cross over the interstate. The pedestrian, age 57, Sterling Hall, Jr., was trying to cross the northbound lanes of I-55 near County Line Road at the time the fatal accident occurred. He was struck first by a Toyota 4Runner and then hit ...
A Jackson pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the evening of November 17. The Jackson Police Department responded to the scene around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of Raymond Road and Ellis Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 54-year-old man who had succumbed to his injuries. Authorities have described the suspect’s vehicle as ...
A male pedestrian was injured in a Jackson hit-and-run incident on October 14. The Jackson Police Department reported that the accident occurred at the West McDowell Road intersection with Fairhill Drive, a location lacking both stop signs and crosswalks for pedestrian safety. The pedestrian, struck by a gray-colored vehicle that fled the scene, was immediately ...
A fatal Jackson accident resulted in the death of a pedestrian on the night of September 18. The incident occurred on Medgar Evers Boulevard, near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, as the man attempted to cross the road. The Jackson Police Department is leading the investigation into this tragic accident. A detective with the ...
A pedestrian accident involving an 18-wheeler occurred in Hinds County, south of Jackson. The incident took place on the morning of September 20 along Interstate 55 South Frontage Road, close to the exit for Wynndale Road. Officers with the Byram Police Department and emergency medical services responded promptly to the scene. Take the First ...
Here’s something scary: Children are more than three times as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, between 2011 and 2020, more child pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes on Halloween than on any other date. ...
The rule of negligence applies to pedestrian accident cases in that the injured party must prove that a driver was negligent.
Here’s a scary statistic: Children are more than three times as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year. Between 2004 and 2018, an average of 18 children were hit and killed by a car each day of the year, but that average rises to 54 ...