Bhatt family doing well two years after being struck by SUV, Raises funds for Dell Children’s

By KIM ESTES, Four Points News

The Bhatts of River Place are doing well this summer and thriving, just two years after a devastating accident that put three members of the family in the hospital after they were struck by a SUV while on a walk.

Kunjan reported that Sapna, 8-years-old, is an avid singer, reader and will enter fourth grade this fall, while 5-year-old Devan is “rambunctious” and looking ahead to first grade. Roopal has fully resumed her medical practice with Four Points Dermatology and she has another office in the Mueller area.

Kunjan and Roopal Bhatt with their happy, healthy children Sapna and Devan, who are now 8 and 5 respectively, on a trip to Hawaii earlier this year.  Just two years ago, Roopal, Sapna and Devan were struck by a SUV while on a walk and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries.

Kunjan and Roopal Bhatt with their happy, healthy children Sapna and Devan, who are now 8 and 5 respectively, on a trip to Hawaii earlier this year.
Just two years ago, Roopal, Sapna and Devan were struck by a SUV while on a walk and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries.

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Steiner residents frustrated by reckless drivers

By CASSIE MCKEE, Four Points News

Steiner Ranch resident Tony Korman and his wife walk 5 ½ miles along Quinlan Park Road four or five days a week. While he enjoys the exercise, Korman said he has become increasingly frustrated by drivers who refuse to let him and his wife cross the street.

Korman said they have nearly been hit on multiple occasions by cars who refuse to stop while they are crossing the street in the crosswalk.

Pedestrian crossing sign“People do not stop at that crosswalk,” Korman said. “I’m tired of it.”

The couple has lived in Steiner Ranch for five years and Korman said he’s noticed the problem getting worse.

“It’s insane,” he said. “I’ve had people flip me off because I’m in the crosswalk.”

Danielle Deuillet said she’s also seen the problem get worse over the eight years she has lived in Steiner Ranch. She said while she was stopped at a crosswalk so a young boy could cross, a car came up behind her and sped around her, narrowly missing the boy.

“I was completely speechless that this woman had absolutely no care at all for how reckless that was,” Deuillet said. Continue reading