It is also almost always the law that drivers must take any reasonable actions possible to avoid an accident even if someone else broke the law in a way that ma

It is also almost always the law that drivers must take any reasonable actions possible to avoid an accident even if someone else broke the law in a way that makes an accident more likely. So even if the pedestrian did fail to yield right-of-way, the driver is still required to stop to prevent an accident if they are able to.