Family, friends and neighbors of Donald Duckett, who was fatally injured Sept. 19 when he was struck by a car while riding his motorized wheelchair in a crosswalk on Prater Way, congregated at the accident scene Saturday. The group, which numbered about 20, gathered at the intersection of Prater Way and Lillard Drive, just outside the Sparks Police Department headquarters, … [Read more...]
Relatives of wheelchair-bound man killed in traffic accident say police ignored them
Donald Duckett was struck by a car while riding his motorized wheelchair in a crosswalk on Prater Way at Lillard Drive shortly before 6 p.m. on Sept. 19. The 77-year-old man, known by neighborhood children as the “Red Rocket” because of his red wheelchair, was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead the next day of multiple blunt-force … [Read more...]