By T.J. Aulds, The Daily News
TEXAS CITY ? Noah Popovich, 11, and his friends were walking to school last week when he was struck from behind by a passing SUV. After police were called to investigate, Popovich, who suffered injuries that kept him from school for a week, was issued a ticket for walking on the wrong side of the road.
The citation outraged Popovich?s mother, Ashley Falks, who thinks her son not only didn?t deserve the ticket, but that the 18-year-old driver who struck him should face a harsher punishment. The woman driving the vehicle that hit Popovich was cited for driving with an expired driver?s license, Texas City Police said.
[...]?I had no idea what had happened to him, but when he got home, that?s when we called police,? Falks said.
Police came out, and after questioning the driver and Popovich, they returned Sunday. That?s when, to Falks? astonishment, her son was ticketed for walking on the wrong side of the road.
?I couldn?t believe my son was the one ticketed when he was the one injured,? Falks said.
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""Because the driver did stop and asked if the boy was OK, she did not violate any laws, according to police records.
?You can?t just make up a charge just because you think it should be something else,? Burby said. ?It has to be in the law.?""
I'm pretty sure there's laws about hitting pedestrians with your car. Stopping and asking if they are alright doesn't let you off the hook for leaving the scene of an accident, hitting a pedestrian - a minor, no less - and not reporting the accident! Pretty sure those are all violations of several traffic laws.
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