It's sad. The RCSO really needs to stop people from crossing those 5 lanes on foot. Daily, and I mean DAILY, I see cops drive right past people jaywalking. Tickets should be written, and people should be made to use the cross-walks.

My daughters live in Campus Side Apartments (3105 Wrightsboro Rd). One of them had an accident (in a car) just trying to enter the highway from their apartment, so I'm familiar with the scene of this accident which was waiting to happen and will happen again (just as it does periodically on Washington Rd.). The city bus (headed toward Augusta Mall) stops on Wrightsboro Rd.across from a convenience center and a plasma donation place. Further down there are apartments on the left hand side of the road and businesses on the right. There are no crosswalks on Wrightsboro Rd. between Damascus Rd. and Jackson Rd. / North Leg. I had thought about informing Augusta traffic authorities of this situation, but I doubted it would do any good. People should not be asked to walk more than a mile to a legal cross walk just to cross the street. IMO the Augusta traffic authorities should be sued for allowing this situation to exist.

But as the article made it clear they made a decision to dodge the traffic to save a walk to the next stop light.

Just like the couple we almost ran over last week standing in the fast lane on Hwy 56 near Marvin Griffin Rd. Pausing and running lane to lane as traffic sped by. The stupidity was there was a Stoplight and Crosswalk just another 50 ft further down. I guess it was too far for them to walk leaving the DMV to gas station for a snack?

When did Governors Place become low income? Or are you referring to Heritage, Georgian Place, and Heritage.

I'm asking because the rents at Governors Place go all the way up to almost $800 a month. The entire complex is full of middle class vehicles.

None of those apartments cost anywhere close to the real low income apartments like Riverglenn. While Fox Den & Heritage probably have some section 8, and even maybe Valley Park..

The rents at Valley Park are still between $500-$750.

Little Lamb is right. There is a stop light on Wrightsboro Rd.near where the ASU / GRU athletic complex is located. My mistake, but it is a long way from Damascus Rd. to the ASU sports complex, and a long way from there to Jackson / North Leg Rd. with no legal crosswalks in between. Even the city bus stops between Damascus Rd and Campus Side Apartments (as it is heading toward Augusta Mall) and there are no destinations on the right hand side of Wrightsboro Rd. except Campus Side Apartments. All the business are on the left hand side of that stretch of Wrightsboro Rd.. Between the ASU sports complex and North Leg Rd. all the businesses are on the right hand side until you get to Firestone and Taco Bell while multiple apartments are on the left hand side with no crosswalk for pedestrians to use. City planning should be pedestrian and non-motorized vehicle friendly. Pedestrians must obey traffic law, but cars do NOT rule the road. I expect this to become more of an issue in the future.

Nelson Norris had an older brother named John who was hit by a train and killed about 20 years ago. It's really sad that Nelson would make such a mistake when you consider what happened to his brother. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

I've almost hit a couple of pedestrians myself on 15th Street. It's hard enough trying to keep up with five lanes of traffic and find an opening to pull out into that traffic without having to dodge jaywalking pedestrians in the process.