UPDATE: Man hit by car crossing North Gloster in Tupelo dies
by Danza Johnson/NEMS Daily Journal
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Lee County Coroner Carloyn Gillentine-Green has confirmed that the man hit by a car while crossing North Gloster Street Monday night died at the North Mississippi Medical Center.

Sammy Keith Smith, 57, of Tupelo died at 9:30 p.m. in the NMMC Emergency Room, according to Gillentine-Green.

The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. on North Gloster Street across from Woody's restaurant.

Police say a Chevy Suburban was heading north on Gloster when Smith was hit.

Police are investigating, but do not suspect foul play.
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« gardenhead wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 08:04 PM »
Hey, I've got an idea! Let's all jump to some more conclusions!!!
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« mahler wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 07:54 PM »
Of course, if the driver had been paying attention and driving more slowly than most people do on that stretch of road, there wouldn't have been any accident in the first place. I think we have the rudest, worst, most distracted drivers I've ever seen anywhere. Since when is getting to the mall a couple of minutes sooner worth killing someone?
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« LeeCoDave wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 05:21 PM »
I don't believe it is the fault of paramedics. Their primary job is to stabilize before transporting. Transporting an unstable patient can cause serious damage. Plus he died some 3 hours later in the capable hands of the hospital ER.
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« lurchaddams wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 04:30 PM »
I am not a doctor, but I would be willing to bet that the even the care that trained paramedics could provide on site would pale in comparison to the treatment received in the hospital. It's a pretty fair statement that getting to the hospital 30 minutes sooner, may have been lifesaving.

I guess every second does not count just because the paramedics have arrived?
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« tupelojoe81 wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 03:47 PM »
oh come on now.....what are you a doctor or something?
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« news9191 wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 03:38 PM »
I was the witness to this accident and it was terrible to see Mr.Smith go through this. I feel he could have made it through if the ambulance actually did not wait thirty minutes to take him to the hospital. R.I.P. Mr.Sammy Keith Smith!
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« carlie.kollath wrote on Tuesday, Mar 09 at 02:41 PM »
Gosh, that's sad.

This is, what, the second pedestrian-vehicle collision in 2010? Not a good sign, considering all of 2009 had four pedestrian incidents and one was during a parade.
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