Cameron Bean (ZAP) killed by car on a run

I second that Amen.

In addition, you bring up a great point about other forms of negligence -- If the driver had been drinking, they'd throw the book at her...but because there was no substance abuse involved, her negligence is unpunished. Double standard, and not good.

wow, this is absolutely tragic

Blog post by ZAP athlete Cole Atkins: https://coleatkinsruns.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/rip-cameron-bean-1986-2015/

Les wrote:

If Bean was running AGAINST traffic on a two lane street how is it possible for a car traveling in the same direction hit him? The driver would have had to have crossed an entire lane to hit him on the opposite shoulder.

Map it out in your little head. Against traffic means he was running towards the driver on the shoulder. The driver was blinded by the Sun and ran off the road hitting him.

If you read the article there is an obvious error in it. Bean cannot be running against traffic and be going the same direction as the driver. If you look at all of the articles related to this tragic accident only one of them, the one cited by the OP, had this contradictory description. This would lead you to believe the writer made a mistake:

"Police say the runner was traveling south against the flow of traffic near the shoulder when the accident happened.

The driver of the car, also traveling southbound told police the sun was in her eyes and she didn't see the runner. Her car veered off the road and hit him."

other articles that didn't make the obvious conflicting information:

It's a two-lane road. It's quite possible that she swerved over the double yellow as she was going southbound and struck Cameron from behind.

The accident happened just before 7 p.m. The road is very slightly southwest, so the only way her "blinding sun" excuse works is if she was also traveling southbound toward the sunset.

Source: I ride my bike there multiple times a week.

Another Chatt guy wrote:

It's a two-lane road. It's quite possible that she swerved over the double yellow as she was going southbound and struck Cameron from behind.

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Can't you accept the fact that only ONE article of many would make you come to that conclusion. Every other article only said he was running against traffic.

critical thinker, if you want to troll please try one of the many political threads, leave this one alone.

It's not an "obvious error." Until further details are released, it's simply one possible piece of information.

I'm not quite sure why you're so stuck on this one thing. It's not like anybody is defending the driver. Something about her story doesn't add up. I don't know which part yet. But I'm saying that for her "sun in the eyes" story (which EVERY outlet has reported) to hold water, she almost certainly had to have been traveling southbound.

Can we get back to remembering Cameron, please?

critical thinker wrote: If you read the article there is an obvious error in it. Bean cannot be running against traffic and be going the same direction as the driver.

Why not? He could have been running against traffic on his side of the road, and the driver could have crossed the yellow line and hit him anyway. I've seen drivers swerve into oncoming traffic before.

It's a tragic loss.

As others have said, of course it's possible. He was running against traffic traveling south on the shoulder of the LEFT LANE. She was in the RIGHT LANE also heading south. Yes, it's possible the news reports could be wrong, but if the driver said she was traveling south and the runner's body was found on the left side of the road, it's pretty clear she swerved across an entire lane and hit him.

The description was clear to me.

The women crossed over to the wrong side of the road, and ran over Cameron from behind as he was running on the side.

She said she was blinded by the sun. Electronic and telephone records are being checked, probably to see if she was texting at the time. My impression is that she probably was, because anyone blinded should immediately slow down and stop, not keep driving without being able to see.

deleuze wrote:

You'll notice in the image in this article his recently deceased mentor and coach Van Townsend dressed in red watching his kick from a distance with his hand shading his eyes:

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/sep/21/chattanooga-man-dies-after-being-hit-car-while-jogging/326382/http://www.letsrun.com/news/2015/01/remembering-van-townsend/

Thank you for pointing that out. I miss Van and didn't know Cam but the fact Cam made Van smile makes me happy. They'll both be missed.

I don't see anything about the driver leaving the scene. Where do you see that?

critical thinker wrote:

If you read the article there is an obvious error in it. Bean cannot be running against traffic and be going the same direction as the driver. If you look at all of the articles related to this tragic accident only one of them, the one cited by the OP, had this contradictory description. This would lead you to believe the writer made a mistake:

There is nothing contradictory in the news reports. According to the reports, it's a north-south road. Bean was running southbound against traffic. That means he was close to the east side of the road facing northbound traffic. That's what running against traffic means. When you are a pedestrian, you should be on the left side of the road facing oncoming traffic.

The woman who hit him was also southbound. Since she was in a car, she should have been southbound in the right lane (the west side of the road), while Bean was southbound on the edge of the left lane (the east side of the road). The woman says the sun was in her eyes, she veered off the road and hit Bean. When she veered, she obviously veered to her left (toward the east), crossed the center line, and hit Bean from behind as they were both going south.

Anyway, it's very sad. My condolences to his friends and family.

If we are talking about missing information, then can we find out why Cameron wasn't in Blowing Rock with the rest of Zap? I heard this summer he had been cut from the team. Maybe it was mutual since one article I read said he was attempting triathlons now. I would assume that's why he was in Chattanooga and not in Blowing Rock? Can anyone verify this information?

Yup. I was struck by a driver while out cycling last September. Hit and run. Plowed me off the road. Fortunately landed in grass...sort of. Now I have a f'kd up shoulder on my left side. I was able to ease back into cycling after a few months, but I have to say it hasn't been easy. Most people drive so fast everywhere without paying real attention. That's why I carry a gun now and wear it openly on my back. It seems to work. People coming from behind seem to slow down a bit. I feel for this guy's family and friends. I was a former student at AppState years ago. I'm sure the trails and roads will miss him as well, so to speak. So people...please slow down. And put the phones away. It's just not worth it. If nothing else the driver involved can be cited for involuntary manslaughter.

If she thought she hit a deer did she check on the deer? This woman pure trash. I can't believe she not stop to check on whoever she hit. I wished she lived in my town.

Yes she crossed both lanes. Yes she left the scene

MikeD wrote:

Yes she crossed both lanes. Yes she left the scene

Nice mob you have there. Where did you get the idea she left the scene or claimed she hit a deer, where,

If she was driving south, and the sun sets in the west (at least as of the last time I checked), how could she have been blinded by the sun?