The 69-year-old Shaker Heights woman was hit at about 7 a.m. on Dec. 7. She was legally crossing Rockwell when an RTA bus turned left from East Roadway.
Joan Kuendig sustained critical head injuries and has been in intensive care at MetroHealth for the past three weeks. Police reported that she had family with her.
The collision came during a heated ongoing debate about buses through Public Square. Mayor Frank Jackson and RTA CEO Joe Calabrese announced in November that Superior Avenue through the Square would be permanently closed, resulting in, among other things, more than a million additional turns for RTA buses every year.
This article appears in Dec 28, 2016 – Jan 3, 2017.
Sad news. The problem is that the buses don’t actually stop at that intersection – they constantly run the stop signs.
Negoc8tr, your statement is rude and insensitive. I wasnt aware that you were at the scene of the accident. I was struck by a vehicle once while legally walking in a crosswalk. Depending on the angle and direction, the pedestrian will never see it coming.
negoc8tr….I don’t know where to start with your idiocy….
I worked with the lady. She was walking from the Rapid at Tower City to our office…..the bus came from behind the way she was crossing….from the Square toward Key Tower……in the crosswalk.
And she was gainfully employed with us for years. Kids are adults with families of their own and good jobs.
You just plain need some decency…..
You are a moron to blame the women ,I was the first one on the scene and called 911 myself and the guard from key tower stayed with her till fire and ems showed up ,she laid in the crosswalk with her head almost to the end of crosswalk,bleeding out of her both nostrils,I don’t think she was after the money you idiot!