Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect first name for Mark Baumer.
TALLAHASSEE — A sport-utility vehicle killed an activist walking barefoot across America to promote awareness of climate change.
Mark Baumer, 33, of Providence, R.I., was hit at about 1:15 p.m. CT Saturday on U.S. 90, which roughly parallels Interstate 10, near Mossy Head, Fla., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The area is about 60 miles northeast of Pensacola and 125 miles northwest of here.
He was walking westbound facing traffic along the south shoulder of the road when eastbound driver Sonja Siglar, 51, of Westville, Fla., failed to stay on the road, driving onto the shoulder and striking him.
Baumer died at the scene, and the police agency said alcohol was not a factor. Charges are pending.
The activist, who said he usually would walk on the shoulder of the road or in the grass, had finished Day 100 of his journey, starting from Providence and spending Friday night in Mossy Head. If he didn't have a shoulder to walk on, he said he would walk in the road, making sure he was visible.
He's walking nearly 700 miles to give the homeless a voice
He had spent Tuesday night in Westville, also on U.S. 90.
“The best surface is usually the white line because it’s painted and really smooth,” Baumer said Jan. 7 as he passed through Tallahassee. The line separates the traffic lane from the shoulder on busy roadways.
His goal was to walk barefoot to California. After it started snowing in Ohio, he regrouped and took a bus to Florida.
Source:-usatoday
TALLAHASSEE — A sport-utility vehicle killed an activist walking barefoot across America to promote awareness of climate change.
Mark Baumer, 33, of Providence, R.I., was hit at about 1:15 p.m. CT Saturday on U.S. 90, which roughly parallels Interstate 10, near Mossy Head, Fla., according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The area is about 60 miles northeast of Pensacola and 125 miles northwest of here.
He was walking westbound facing traffic along the south shoulder of the road when eastbound driver Sonja Siglar, 51, of Westville, Fla., failed to stay on the road, driving onto the shoulder and striking him.
Baumer died at the scene, and the police agency said alcohol was not a factor. Charges are pending.
The activist, who said he usually would walk on the shoulder of the road or in the grass, had finished Day 100 of his journey, starting from Providence and spending Friday night in Mossy Head. If he didn't have a shoulder to walk on, he said he would walk in the road, making sure he was visible.
He's walking nearly 700 miles to give the homeless a voice
He had spent Tuesday night in Westville, also on U.S. 90.
“The best surface is usually the white line because it’s painted and really smooth,” Baumer said Jan. 7 as he passed through Tallahassee. The line separates the traffic lane from the shoulder on busy roadways.
His goal was to walk barefoot to California. After it started snowing in Ohio, he regrouped and took a bus to Florida.
Source:-usatoday
