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Hey, pay attention and watch where you are going (video not suitable for office or family)
2021-03-07
[NYP] Heartbreaking video obtained by The Post has solved the mystery of what happened to a woman found crushed to death Friday on a Brooklyn street — she was struck by a backhoe whose driver apparently never even saw her.

The video shows the yellow construction vehicle striking 61-year-old Estelle Davis with its shovel before running her over and dragging her along the corner of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues in East New York.

Neither the driver nor a worker nearby appears to notice as Davis falls and then disappears under the vehicle.

The backhoe then lurches forward, leaving the woman motionless on the street, video shows.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  St. Oblivious
Posted by: KBK   2021-03-07 23:42  

#14  Dinking on her phone. Loud as those back-up noises are, yeah, likely earbuds.

If she wasn't gone before she hit the ground, the second head impact trauma likely, mercifully, finished the event.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-03-07 14:42  

#13  Darwin smiles
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-03-07 13:30  

#12  And now we know why it is called a back hoe.
Posted by: Airandee    2021-03-07 11:29  

#11  AND she didn't use the crosswalk!
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 10:59  

#10  /\ Won't happen Clem. Part-time backhoe operator. His full-time job, NYC nursing home care giver.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-07 10:58  

#9  Sorry, Clem, but if you are operating equipment, YOU are responsible for the safe operation, especially backing up in a public street. Her stupidity will get her family some $$, mitigated by her unsafe travel
Posted by: Frank G   2021-03-07 10:58  

#8  Odd for the NYP (perhaps) to not mention that.

I wonder if she had ear plugs in, too.

They better not even think of doing something against those construction workers or the company.
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 10:55  

#7  she was staring at her phone, not looking at where she was walking, I'd have to put that one down as a "Darwin"winner
Posted by: 746   2021-03-07 10:52  

#6  * walking and tapping.... ^^^
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 10:47  

#5  Back-Up Warning horn sound.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-07 10:47  

#4  Look at her hands. Maybe it is just me, but it sure looks like she was talking and tapping away on her phone. Article makes no mention of that possibility.

Unfortunate, but, hmmmm.
Posted by: Clem   2021-03-07 10:47  

#3  I may be able to put you in touch with a NYC bookie who is said to be covering all bets.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-07 10:26  

#2  Truly, Death by Misadventure



with a little of this mixed in...
Posted by: Blue Sheremetyevo7699   2021-03-07 10:19  

#1  and all construction equipment has backup bells and alarms, so, suicided by ignorance and obliviousness
Posted by: Frank G   2021-03-07 10:15  

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