LITTLE ROCK — A mother and her three children were hit by a car Thursday morning in North Little Rock after the car’s driver was likely blinded by the sun, according to a police report.
About 7:40 a.m., Elida Lopez, 35, of North Little Rock was walking east on West 45th Street near Schaer Street with her three children when a 1995 Nissan Altima driven by Riveria B. Scales, 21, of North Little Rock struck Lopez and her children, the report said.
Lopez was taken by ambulance to UAMS Medical Center. Her children - Christopher, 8; Kimberly, 6; and Kevin, 3 - were taken to Arkansas Children’s Hospital for treatment. Their injuries weren’t believed to be lifethreatening, the report said. Scales was not injured.
Scales, who was cited for unsafe driving, told police that she “was blinded by the sun” and didn’t see Lopez and her children before hitting them, the report said.
A witness agreed that the sun kept Scales from seeing Lopez and her children but told police that Scales was driving “at a rather high rate of speed” at the time, the report said.
Arkansas, Pages 10 on 09/24/2010