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Molino Woman, 78, Dies After Being Hit By A Car
April 16, 2010
A 78-year old Molino woman died after being hit by car in Molino Thursday night.
The victim was identified by the Florida Highway Patrol as Mamie Peterson of Molino. The FHP says she was standing in the northbound lane of Highway 95A about a half mile north of Cedartown Road. She was wearing dark clothing, and there were no street lights in the area of the crash.
According to troopers, it was not known if Peterson was crossing the road or walking in the northbound lane when she was was struck by the right front of a 1998 Plymouth driven by Sheila Cashmore, 21, of Pensacola.
Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene by Escambia County EMS.
It is not suspected that Cashmore was under the influence of alcohol; she voluntarily submitted a blood sample to by analyzed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Charges are pending in the crash after the completion of the traffic homicide investigation, the FHP said.
According to Escambia County Property Appraiser records, Peterson owns a residence at 5370 Highway 95A — the area of the crash.
The accident is still under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol.
The Molino Station of Escambia Fire Rescue, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call. LifeFlight was called to the scene, but it was canceled before landing.
Pictured above and below: Mamie Peterson, 78, of Molino, died after being struck by this car Thursday night on Highway 95A in Molino. Pictured middle: Emergency vehicles on the scene of the fatal accident. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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40 Responses to “Molino Woman, 78, Dies After Being Hit By A Car”
How many people have been killed in Escambia County while walking on the road so far this year?
deepest sympathy for our dear aunt from the adams family in ohio we love you and may you rest in peace.
How horrible! My heart is so heavy for everyone involved. What a tragedy that Mrs. Mamie Peterson was taken from her family this way. I pray that God will comfort the hearts of her family, friends and community. From the comments it appears that Mrs. Peterson was an outstanding woman and she will be greatly missed. How horrible for the driver, Sheila Cashmore also. Such a young girl that will have to live with this the rest of her life. What a horrible cross to bear. However, I do agree with “Kim”. That is why they call it accidents. May God comfort Sheila Cashmore and her family and friends also. She is certainly going through a lot right now and will have many rough days ahead of her. I can not fathom losing a family member or loved one so tragically, nor could I fathom walking in the drivers shoes. Only God will see both sides through this nightmare. Many prayers for all involved.
Accidents are always sudden, unexpected and tragic, of course it hurts from both sides, I lost a sister in 2006 from a careless driver, supposedly he was a police officer, I’m still hurting and grieving, now I (we) have lost another family member,.Mrs. Mamie Peterson was my late granddad’s (Willie Jones) sister, I didn’t grow up around her but she was one of the aunt’s and uncle I did know, I looked forward to seeing her every year in McKenzie, Al for revival at New Oak Grove Church, she was an outspoken christian for the Lord, sassy without saying, and loved to sing, we always expected her to speak and sing at revival, I hope she has a great homegoing CELEBRATION, NOT FUNERAL, because this is what she would have done for us, I hope all the family and friends reach their destination to Florida safely, stay in prayer because God always has the final word, it hurts, but we are anchored, in Jesus,we are a strong family, keep on praying,Aunt Mamie we ALL loved you, wish we would have said it more, I know you are sleeping until Jesus comes, You Florida residents need to get together and have something done about the highway before it happens to you, you could be the driver or the victim, do it now, no more senseless dying. Amen.
Mrs. Petterson, was my sister in law, I have known her all my life, when I was small my father would take my mother and sister and brother to Mamie house in pensacola every sunday, she would prepared sunday dinner and we would have a good time. even though Mamie was married to Mr. Petterson she was allway our sister in law. because she was such a good person, she never had a harsh word to say about anyone. It saddend my heart that she left this world so tragic, no one deserve to leave in such a manner, she will be soley missed, and for the young woman who cause this tragic, at 7:30 in the evening it is not dark, to the point that you cannot tell the different between and person or animal, she was standing by her mailbox, it does not matter how dark her clothes were, if you were paying attention to the road and the speed limit , you would be able to react in time. I have travel that road closed to the midnight hour, and the speed limit is 45 and I try to obey the limit, I have pass deer and other animal on the road and also people on bikes, but I am alert to the fact that this is a dark road, and if you do not pay attention, you could cause a mishap, I have heard all of what happen, only you know what you were doing, from the mark in the road you ran off the road. what were you doing? texting, talking on the phone or were you upset because you had to work. As I said only you and God know the reason, and the truth will come out one way or the other. For the Petterson family, My prayers are with you, We love Mamie and we will missed her beautiful smile, soft spoken words. May God hold and wipe away all your tears in time to come.
TO the driver of the car that hit this women it is very sad that the family is going through this death.IT IS A VERY SAD TO EVERY ONE THAT HAS BEEN GOING THIS FOR DAYS NOW.
BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW AS A DRIVER OF A CAR ACCIDENT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I HIT A CHILD 12 YEARS OLD KILLED HIM.THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON .IT HAS TOOK ME ONE DAY AT A TIME TO MAKE IT THOUGH LIFE .SOME TIME YOU CANT CONTROLL WHAT HAPPENS .PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE DID NOT WAKE UP THAT DAY TO RUN OVER SOME ONE OR KILL SOME ONE.THATS WHY IT CALLED ACCIDENTS!!!
MY HEART GOES OUT FOR BOTH SIDE OF THIS YOU FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE YOU HURT .
BUT THE PERSON DRIVING THE CAR GOES THROUGH ALOT EVERY DAY OF THERE LIFE ALSO THERE FAMILY HAS TO LIVE WITH THIE ISSUE ALSO IT HAS AFFECTED MY KIDS EVERY ONE THAT KNOWS ME
JUST THE SAME AS OF A GREAT WOMEN THAT SEEM TO LIVED A GREAT LIFE OF PEOPLE THAT LOVED HER
FROM A PERSON WHO HAS LIVED THIS LIFE FOR MANY YEARS AND MANY MORE TO GO YOU WILL NEVER FORGET OR GET OVER IT
PRAY FOR HELP SORRY TO ALL WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH THIS
Its so horrible the way my Granny died. I just can’t register it right now people. I have a lot of memories of a strong black woman who loved the lord deeply with all of her Heart people. I have been reading all the comments and some are just hurtful to me and some are very sweet my family. We lost a sound minded woman,who could roll with best of them at her age and younger. My Grandmother was smart, savvy and yes sassy. Please people until you get the true facts be mindful of what you say.
Sorry to hear that this had to happen to both parties. After reading the comments from others on this, I would like to say that assumptions of the driver speeding or reckless in any form is pointless. You never know the circumstances which led up to that accident. No one commenting is a police officer or expert. The fact is both families have a lot to deal with. Prayers go out to both parties involved.
First of all people, learn how to write and SPELL!
I think it’s sad that everyone is so quick to point fingers at the driver for doing something wrong. Yes, it’s a tragic event – but not at the fault of the driver. Have you ever been on that road at night time? You cannot see a single thing even if you have your head lights on bright. Don’t you think this poor girl feels bad enough and you have to go and call her a killer? Wow, grow up people. I am sorry for your loss but why try to ruin the life of someone else for something that was not her fault? If you want to blame anyone, blame the city for poor lighting. This could have happened to any of us.
TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAMIE PETERSON WAS MY AUNT AND I LOVE HER SO MUCH,REST IN PEACE IN WITH THE LORD,BECAUSE YOU LOVED HIM YOU ARE HIS IN JESUS NAME AMEN!
Mamie Peterson was my great aunt, I met her for the first time at out family reunion,Jones reunion..I fell in love with her how she loved the lord and she treated me like I was always around,she told stories of my grandfather i heard before,she gave me and my fiance’ words that helped us along the way to marriage..to love love love and I THANK YOU SO MUCH AUNT SIS. FOR THOSE WORDS I LOVE YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL ENJOY HEAVEN!!! LYNN!
I live at the end of 95 A on the North end…. 95 A is a VERY dark rd. I have OFTEN had to jerk my car over from people walking or pets near the road way. You cannot see them till you are up on them…… and the new halogen lights are horrible! When they are coming at you they blind you…. and my eyes are good.
This is tragic and my heart aches for both families involved.
To make matters worse, the Halogen lights that some are putting on their trucks and cars literally blind the oncoming drivers……………………Springfever
Thank God someone else hates those lights! I have complained to my doctors and they have all said that they haven’t heard anyone else complain. However, I know that for people who have migraines, they are dangerous because they cause a sudden harsh pain in the eyes and head. I hope that someone realizes this and bans those darned things. You can’t see a thing when they’re coming at you.
GODD BYE AUNT MAMMIE, I HATE THAT YOU HAD TO LEAVE US THIS WAY. IT MAKES ME SO SAD TO LOOSE YOU BUT TO LOOSE YOU THIS WAY IS SO HEART BREAKING. IT SEEMS SO SENSELESS FOR SOMEONE TO BE SO CARELESS WHEN GOING ABOUT THEIR JOB. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU AS MY AUNT WHO WAS ALWAYS AS DRESSED TO THE HILT AND AS KIND AS YOU COULD BE. YOU WERE ONE OF THE LAST CONNECTIONS TO MY DADDY, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF YOU ALL LEFT. I LOVE YOU AND I WILL ALWAY MISS YOU.
she is my aunt and i fell so bad that it happend.she was a great woman and she always cared about everyone.she will be missed.NOBODY should get hurt like that.I HATE to hear that she had to pass away.it is alredy hard anouth that my unkles grandma past away becasue she was really sick with namonya and she had kidney falling. I love her so much she was such an angle.i wish she could be alive.AND the peson who hit her should be ashamded of what they did.i am so upset.But when i think about it i think and say to myself she is in a better place and soon i will be with her and the rest of my family that has pasted away.SHE WILL BE MISSED BY EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER.RIP aunte u are the best and i love u so much.AND THIS IS FOR MY AUNT…… BE SURE TO COME AND SEE ME AND WATCH OVER ME AND THE FAMILY.I LOVE U AUNTE. LOVE UR NEICE.
she was my favorit aunt. she was so nice. i loved her. her name is aunt sis. she was fun. but she got hit by a car. and who ever hit her should be a shamed of there self. i loved her so much. and i will put a flower on her grave because she died from a car.i will be sad.she was checking her mail.next she got hit from a pizza truck i miss her.
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I am Mamie’s great great granddaughter Chantel. Chancey’s oldest daughter for any of the family who is reading this I called her BigMama for as long as I can remember and I’m gonna miss her. I didn’t get to see her as much as I wanted because I lived on the other side of her daughter in Houston, Texas Genovia Johnson. But I do have memories of her and very few pictures but she will be missed. I love u BigMama
I would like to say to the Family that now is the time for us to show love to everyone who is involve with this accident. Our Family is built on love so when you pray tonight also pray for the driver and her family. I stand hear in Afghanistan leading soldiers everyday, an accident do happy and I know they hurt, but with prayer and Lots of love we will make it. To my dear old soldier (Uncle Willie) I pray that God give you the power to go through this hard time. I would like to say to the Family just hold on and let God have his way. I also like to say to the driver we praying for you too, because I can tell you from Losing soldiers myself , you having some long nights but keep your hands in God hands sweetie. He will will make everything alright Sheila. First Sergeant Womack prayers are with you !
M. Weaver: They did not release how fast she was driving, so you can’t say that if she was going 45, she would’ve been able to react properly. If you don’t see the person until you’ve already hit them, it doesn’t matter how fast you’re going, because you wouldn’t slow down at all if you didn’t see them first. Sure, if she were doing 45 AND SAW THE PERSON IN TIME, she would’ve been able to react. The report clearly indicates that the woman was wearing dark clothing and there were no street lights in the area.
Also, “enforced” is spelled with an E.
I live on this road and have always said that there would be a number of bad accidents with the speed everyone travels on the road. If not the pizza drivers speeding, there are the city buses and trucks flying down the road.
The trucks speed at 4 and 5 in the morning and one day we’ll see one lose control and crash into someone’s house. I would love to have a movement to ban trucks on 95A and make them travel down Hwy. 29 only. The distance will be slightly longer, but the safety would be invaluable.
God bless this woman and her family. My deepest sympathies to her friends and loved ones.
FIRST , I AM VERY SORRY TO HEAR THIS TERRIBLE NEWS. SECOND , OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE PETERSEN FAMILY. THIRD, THERE ARE STREET LIGHTS BY HER HOME , IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND NORTH OF HER HOME. THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DRIVING SO FAST! THE SPEED LIMIT IS *******45****** NOT 80! NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO SLOW THESE CARS DOWN . I CALL THE SHERRIFF’S OFFICE AND HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICE WEEKLY TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT JUST GOING TO MY MAILBOX!! THE SPEED LIMIT IS THERE FOR A REASON.IT MUST BE INFORCED OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. IF THIS CAR WAS DOING 45 , SHE WOULD HAVE HAD THE TIME TO REACT PROPERLY.
How tragic , My condolences to the Peterson family. My heart goes out to the young woman also. These awful scenarios will replay themselves over and over until the pedestrians realize that drivers cannot see them on a road without streetlights. I am certainly not blaming the victim here but it is hard enough for drivers to drive safely on a road w/little or no shoulders. To make matters worse, the Halogen lights that some are putting on their trucks and cars literally blind the oncoming drivers. Many times with the winding roads, a vehicle will have to drive near the edge of the pavement when coming around a curve just to make sure the oncoming traffic doesn’t hit them.. My prayers go out to all involved. May God comfort all of you during this difficult time..
REGARDING:
“This is a tragedy. But people need to wear light colored clothing down these dark roads.”
I used to walk along the road at night wearing dark clothing. People would get right beside me and blow their horns. I thought they were trying to scare me. I finally realized they didn’t see me until they were right on me.
David for glow in the dark clothes
Hwy 95 is a very dangerous road. It’s so dark that you can barely see your hand in front of your face at night. We need more streetlights on this stretch. My brother Donnie Hudson was killed unintentionally on 95A and Adams Road while riding his bike at night. That was almost 8 years ago. You can’t see anyone until you’re right on top of them and then it’s too late. My thoughts and prayers are with the Peterson family and also with the driver.
I am so sorry to here about this horrible accident! My heart goes out to the family and all the friends in with i know that she must have had. I didnt know her but i heard the news from a coworker that is kin to her when she told me what had happend i just wanted to cry for Mrs Perterson to be took from us in such a terrible way. I just lost my mother last March and i cry every day because i miss her loving ways, but i have to believe that one day i will see her again and that keeps me going although its so very had i will always have a hole in my heart for her till i see her again she was 83. God bless all of you and keep you strong because she would want u to remember and go strong for her. My Sympathy for each and every one involved.
I LIVE JUST DOORS FROM THE PETERSON THEY WERE A SASSEY COUPLE
AND EXAMPLE TO ALL THAT KNEW THEM AND LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF THEIR
HEARTS AND MR PETERSON WAS HER WORLD SHE WILL BE MISS
THE HARRIS FAMILY
Mamie Peterson was my grand aunt. She will be missed by all that knew her.
She was a God fearing woman, a loving lady and well spoken christian. I will always remember her for the beautiful voice God gave her and she shared it with us all.
This message goes out to my family, this is my aunt and I’m letting u know that God do anything for a purpose and this Hwy will never be the same!!!!
This is a tragedy. But people need to wear light colored clothing down these dark roads. The peole that live down that road know that road is dark as a tomb. They need more street lights there too. The speed limit is only 45mph for goodness sakes. That’s not the problem. People do need to stop walking down this road. And drivers do need to take more sufficient care for pedestrians.
I walk 95-a frequently and the lack of respect for pedestirans is stunning!!!!! All the traffic flys through this hwy from beginning to end and theres no room to walk ,with steep curves ,and high grass with snakes and glass and liter and other stuff with no respect for motorist…BEWARE!!!!! IF YOU WALK ALONG THIS HWY 95-A IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU!!!!!!!!!CAUTION!!!! WARNING!!!!!!!!! BE PRAYED UP!!!!!!!!
she is my aunt and she will be missed so much.she was a great woman beautiful on the inside and out.she was a very classy woman and she could sing like an angel.i love you and miss you aunt sis.R.I.P.
My Love and Prayers go to entire Family. May God embrace you with his love.
tragedy……prayers offered for everyone
=(
Since it’s right there at her house, I would have assumed that she was checking her mail.
People,
PLEASE pay attention when you are driving in ANY area at night. There aren’t going to be flashing lights on people that say “Hey, I’m here!”
Unfortunately, there is a lot of speeding through here and a lot of careless driving. I’m not saying that was the cause of this accident, just pointing out the truth of this roadway. We ALL need to be more careful, whether walking or driving.
Heart breaking for all involved. May GOD Bless and grant you peace.
Oh No! This is aweful…My heart and prayers go out to Mamie Peterson’s family and friends. I know that Sheila Cashmore has to be in quite a shock then and now. knowing that she killed this woman. My heart and prayers are with her too… From the looks of the car, it looks like sheila must have been working; maybe going for a delivery from domino’s. hopefully they will figure out what actually caused this fatal tragedy.
Oh gracious! God Bless everyone involved! They’ll be in my prayers! Very devastating to hear Hwy 95A is this dangerous to have taken so many lives! People should slow down, & quit walking on this road! Its dangerous in the day time. No where near how scary it is at night! God Bless!
God Bless all involved!