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Fayetteville, N.C. — The Fayetteville Police Department on Tuesday identified the man who was struck and killed by a police cruiser late Saturday.
Officer Phillip Burlingame was traveling on Grove Street toward Eastern Boulevard at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday when Jimmy Lee McDougald Jr. stepped in front of his patrol car, police said. McDougald, 55, of 2007 Cowan St., was struck and killed.
Burlingame has been placed on administrative duty pending the results of an internal investigation and a review of the incident by the state Highway Patrol.
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August 18, 2009 7:04 p.m.
What's to know? Dude went into traffic and got hit. End of story. Cop had right of way and pedestrian didn't.
Kung Fu, there is a big difference between driving beyond your ability and hitting another car (YOU) and being in complete control of your car, having a pedestrian walk into the path of your vehicle (OFFICER). Nice try though.
August 18, 2009 4:49 p.m.
You're making a LOT of assumptions there. Like, you assume the guy stepped out in front of the car in time for the LEO to see him. This isn't a video game where you can see targets way on down the road, this is real life where someone can step out anywhere, at any time.
If avoiding all things in the road were as easy you make it sound, then please explain the 1000s of deer-car collisions that happen in our state every year. According to your reasoning, missing someone in the road is so easy there should never be any deer-car wrecks.
August 18, 2009 3:09 p.m.
How so? Unless the guy darted out from between parked cars, any LEO who passed the driving portion of training should have been able to avoid him. I could have, whether he was drunk or not. As a defensive driver, ya' gotta' anticipate the idiots out there. I'd lay money on the table that the LEO was multi-tasking, checkin' his computer or phone or something and was surprised by the pedestrian. My guess is, we will never know the whole story.
August 18, 2009 2:44 p.m.
August 18, 2009 2:16 p.m.