ByteOnBikesJul 18, 2024

A pediatric doctor on a bike died

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A pediatric doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was killed while riding her bike in Center City on Wednesday night. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-3-car-crash-rittenhouse-philadelphia/3915690/ [https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-3-car-crash-rittenhouse-philadelphia/3915690/] The original post on the Philadelphia subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/1e5wkv0/insane_accident_on_18th_and_spruce/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/1e5wkv0/insane_accident_on_18th_and_spruce/]

Show threadapfelwoiSchoppenJul 18, 2024

A pediatric doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was killed while riding her bike in Center City on Wednesday night.

The use of passive voice in the first sentence does a lot of work shifting blame away from the driver and the car centric systems in an “objective” effort.

How about:

Cyclist Barbara Friedes died when a the driver of a car hit her in the bike lane.

Show threadfmstratJul 18, 2024
While I agree with the car centric aspect of this, you should read the article. The top bullets are more specific, and the driver may have had a medical condition.
Show threadapfelwoiSchoppenJul 19, 2024
Thanks, I did. Then I posted a comment. It is the first sentence of the article.
Show threadfmstratJul 19, 2024
That’s a because there is no speculation that she was murdered. If the driver had a stroke, or some other medical incident, it would not be murder.
Show threadapfelwoiSchoppen
Yes. That’s what I said.
Jul 19, 2024 at 10:32amWeb
Show threadfmstratJul 19, 2024
Well, sort of. You edited your response to add a lot more context.
Show threadapfelwoiSchoppenJul 19, 2024
An hour before you commented.
Show threadfmstratJul 20, 2024
Sounds like lemmy.world was behind on federation again. Booo