Personal Injury Law

San Diego Pedestrian Dies One Year After 2008 Walkway Collapse

By Ross Jurewitz

A pedestrian walkway collapse at a construction site in the East Village of Downtown San Diego has claimed its' second fatality nearly one year after the initial accident. James Barham was recently found dead after accidentally overdosing on the painkillers he took for the back and knee injuries suffered in the 2008 walkway collapse. He had been waiting for surgery to repair his injuries.

The San Diego pedestrian death occurred at a housing project site on Imperial Avenue in Downtown San Diego nearly a year ago on August 28, 2008. An astounding sixteen people were injured when the walkway, set up to divert pedestrians around the construction site, collapsed. Another victim of the accident, Tyrone Allen, also died months after the accident as a result of his injuries.

A friend of the Barham reported that his injuries had severely affected him both emotionally and physically. The Tylenol he had been taking was not enough for the pain he was experiencing and he recently went to the doctor for stronger medication and was described Percocet. Friends think he just lost track of his medication because of the pain. The accident caused him to rely on a cane to walk shortly before his death.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego pedestrian accident, please contact San Diego pedestrian accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the other San Diego, CA injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA accident lawyers online here.

Full post as published by San Diego Injury Lawyer Blog on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).