On Sunday, March 3, 2019, at approximately 7:18 p.m. members from the Klamath Falls Police Department, Klamath County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police responded to a call of a reported vehicle vs. pedestrian motor vehicle crash on Crater Lake Parkway north of the intersection of Pacific Terrace. The officers arrived on scene and found a woman with life threatening injuries, and medical attention was administered by law enforcement personnel and an off-duty paramedic. The woman succumbed to her injuries and detectives from the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to investigate the incident.
The woman was identified as Andrea Louise Campos (D.O.B. 2/1/1961) and investigators determined Mrs. Campos was walking northbound on the sidewalk on Crater Lake Parkway just prior to the crash. It appeared Mrs. Campos had crossed the street in a dark section of the roadway between intersections and where there were no crosswalks. Mrs. Campos walked in front of a motor vehicle traveling southbound on Crater Lake Parkway and causing the collision.
The 25-year-old male driver remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation. The preliminary findings do not indicate the driver of any criminal liability, and alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor regarding the pedestrian.
This investigation is ongoing and if any person having additional information regarding this investigation, please call Detective Sean Ferns at 541-883-5336.
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19 pedestrians and cyclists will die today and every day in crashes like this because of the flaws and inefficiencies (poor reaction time and stopping distance) of the right foot braking method which we are all forced to use when braking an electric or automatic transmission vehicle. There is no scientific justification for the right foot braking method other than ’that’s the way it’s always been taught’! NHTSA studied this issue and concluded that female drivers have the biggest problem with this braking method (and male drivers as well if the research had been completed). But instead of continuing to blame female drivers why are they not looking for a solution by testing this braking method against the much safer, simpler and more efficient left foot braking method? Perhaps ME TOO is not the only victim of a male systemic belief.
I dont break with my right foot unless im driving a stick shift. Automatic i use my left.