Midtown Intersections Spook Me

There is something about having to repeatedly look across a full 180-degree field-of-view, and still failing to see the (fill-in-the-blank: bicyclist, skateboarder, automated wheelchair, pedestrian, sedan, Hummer, 18-wheeler) that makes Midtown intersections so dangerous.

Despite the leafy canopy and nearby buildings, the driver was still heading into the sun:

Two pedestrians were sent to the hospital this morning after being struck in a crosswalk in Sacramento by a sports utility vehicle.

The two women, who police only described as elderly, were in the crosswalk at 17th and K streets about 8:40 a.m. when an SUV traveling eastbound on K Street hit them.

The women were transported to UC Davis Medical Center in serious condition, police said.