7:30AM
Man killed by bus had been hit back in September by bus at the same intersection
Michael
Last September, I noted here that a man was hit by the 47 bus at 8th & Girard. The accident apparently fractured his foot and put him in a wheelchair.
Friday afternoon, the man was hit by the 47 bus at 8th & Girard AGAIN. This time, he wasn't so lucky.
Milton Boneta cheated death seven months ago when he was struck by a SEPTA bus in his wheelchair at 8th Street and Girard Avenue. Fate revisited him in cruel fashion at the same intersection earlier today. This time, he was not as lucky.Police said the Route 47 bus crushed Boneta, 61, as he crossed 8th Street in his motorized wheelchair at about 4:15 p.m. Based on the reactions of witnesses and the grisly scene, there was no chance he could have survived this accident.Zakia Gillyard, 26, was standing in front of the Citgo gas station on North 8th Street seconds before Boneta was killed. “He was in the street, about two feet from the corner. We saw the bus, and we told him to get out the street,” she said.“I guess he thought he had enough time. The bus turned real fast and hit him. His chair was caught on the front of the bus, but then he went under,” Gillyard said, while firefighters hosed off the blood-stained pavement.
