Good Samaritan Ticketed
In a bizarre event, a Colorado man was issued a $22 ticket for jaywalking as he helped two older ladies cross the street on February 20. The man, Jim Moffet, was struck by an oncoming vehicle and sustained rather severe injuries- broken bones, bleeding in the brain, a possibly ruptured spleen, and a dislocated shoulder. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/good_samaritan_ticketed;_ylt=AgWmisK7pH22AlcaCdP8iJ0DW7oF
The ticket was later withdrawn by the State Patrol “after examining…the circumstances.” The patrol also said that jaywalking, while for a good purpose, was a large contributor in the accident. The other people involved in the incident, another man who helped and the two ladies, were also initially ticketed for jaywalking. Those citations have also been dropped, but the suit Moffet filed against the driver of the vehicle that struck still stands.
We understand the law is to be enforced but it strikes us as ludicrous to ticket a man who helped two older ladies across a street and almost died – glad some common sense appeared and the tickets disappeared.
