A road accident recently happened last March 29, 2009 at the intersection of Hoover Street and Jefferson Boulevard about a freshman student who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The victim was Adrianna Bachan, 19, a student at the University of Southern California.
The morning the dreadful accident happened, Bachan, along with another male student, Marcus Garfinkle, were walking in a marked crosswalk. That’s when both of them were hit by a dark-colored car. Garfinkle got stuck on the car’s hood so the car stopped and a passenger got out and removed him and then drove away. He survived the accident but is in critical condition while Bachan was pronounced dead at a hospital.
After I have read this news, I felt some anger, thinking that, how can someone just flee after causing someone harm.
Those people should have stopped and helped the victims. It is possible that they are scared because they know that they have violated the law, but they should face the consequences of their actions.
Furthermore, a person has a duty of care to others, meaning, he/she should prevent others from being harmed or injured. And besides, even if there’s no such written law, as a human being, it is in our nature to help someone who is in need, especially if that someone is seriously injured and dying.
Let’s just hope that the perpetrators will be apprehended to give justice to the victims and to their families and friends who have been greatly affected by the incident.
The morning the dreadful accident happened, Bachan, along with another male student, Marcus Garfinkle, were walking in a marked crosswalk. That’s when both of them were hit by a dark-colored car. Garfinkle got stuck on the car’s hood so the car stopped and a passenger got out and removed him and then drove away. He survived the accident but is in critical condition while Bachan was pronounced dead at a hospital.
After I have read this news, I felt some anger, thinking that, how can someone just flee after causing someone harm.
Those people should have stopped and helped the victims. It is possible that they are scared because they know that they have violated the law, but they should face the consequences of their actions.
Furthermore, a person has a duty of care to others, meaning, he/she should prevent others from being harmed or injured. And besides, even if there’s no such written law, as a human being, it is in our nature to help someone who is in need, especially if that someone is seriously injured and dying.
Let’s just hope that the perpetrators will be apprehended to give justice to the victims and to their families and friends who have been greatly affected by the incident.
