PHILADELPHIA — Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb. The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks’ young sons as they crossed the 12-lane road.
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During the briefing two women shared stories of how pedestrian deaths directly affected them.
Latanya Byrd, of Philadelphia, lost her niece and three nephews eight years ago while they were attempting to cross a 12-lane road. Two vehicles were racing down the boulevard leaving them dead.
Kailey Kiss, a University of Florida student, lost a sorority sister and witnessed another classmate be struck and killed by a vehicle when waiting to cross University Avenue, a state road that borders Gainesville university.
Since then, Kiss founded Not One More, an organization dedicated to improving street safety on college campuses.
The improvements to the avenue is a slow process and there has been short-term changes, but it needs to be redesigned, Kiss said.