Personal Injury Law

Homeless San Diego Men Hit While Crossing the Street By Father Joe Carroll

By Ross Jurewitz

Sometimes you can't make up the news.

Father Joe Carroll--the San Diego advocate for the poor and homeless--hit two homeless men crossing the street in the crosswalk at the intersection of 16th Street and F Street in Downtown San Diego on January 31.

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Isaac McGill and Douglass Edwards, the two homeless men, were carrying their sleeping bags and bundles of clothes when suddenly Carroll's car turned the corner and hit them. McGill reported that he yelled out "Stop the car!" a few times, but he was hit anyway. Carroll pulled over after the accident to address the incident. Carroll contends that the two men appeared all of a sudden and that he was unable to stop the car in time.

Both Edwards and McGill were injured that evening. Edwards was treated at Scripps Mercy Hospital. He was given a protective collar, which he wares when he goes to sleep outdoors at night. McGill was several days later, complaining of pain in a knee, toe, and lower back.

Full post as published by San Diego Injury Lawyer Blog on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).