Injured good Samaritan ticketed for jaywalking


Thu Feb 26, 7:34 am ETDENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket.

Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly women cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when he was hit Friday night.

Moffett suffered bleeding in the brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen. He was in serious but stable condition Wednesday.

The Colorado State Patrol issued the citation. Trooper Ryan Sullivan said that despite Moffett's intentions, jaywalking contributed to the accident.

Moffett had been driving his bus when the two women got off. In the interest of safety, he got out and, together with another passenger, helped the ladies cross.

Moffett's stepson, Ken McDonald, said the driver of the pickup plowed into his stepfather, but not before Moffett pushed the two women out of the way.

When he awoke in intensive care, he learned of the ticket. "His reaction was dazed and confused. I was a little angry," said McDonald.

The other man also was cited for jaywalking, while the pickup driver was cited with careless driving that led to injury. Sullivan said the two elderly women haven't been cited but the investigation is ongoing.

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Haha. They just legalized weed in Denver. The cops must be getting bored.

I just read that in the paper. The guy was helping two women cross the street. From the list of his wounds sounds like he's lucky to be alive. It said tickets were still pending for the women too. Got to get there tax money some how.

Some people will arrest their own mothers. This cop was following the law, even though it seems rediculous to us. These men were helping the women jaywalk when they were hit. It is a shame.
The man said he would do it again, if all he got was 22 dollar ticket, it was worth it.

Kat

wtf?????????????

i guess technically he was jaywalking but for a good reason and they could have made the exception because of what he was doing

Think like the state does. These are not people, these all are subjects. They exist to create revenue.

Now, this man has just prevented the state from raising some revenue from either:

Filing a manslaughter case against a driver, or
Filing a jaywalking cases against those other three.

All he did, was he has hurt the revenue of the state. It is a small wonder he only got a jaywalking charge.

Hopefully the judge will throw it out but who knows. Keep it up and no one will do anything for anyone..

That's pretty much what it's come to anyway hasn't it?