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Twenty years on: The story of Jade s Crossing on the A249, in Detling  |  Updated: 07:10, 16 December 2020 As you drive towards Maidstone on the A249, the silhouette of a pirouetting ballerina in the centre of a footbridge comes into view. Underneath just two words are written: Jade s Crossing. Jade s Crossing is passed by commuters every day Many commuters driving under the bridge, which spans the A249 at Detling, may not know the terribly sad reason the structure was built and the tireless road safety campaigning which continued afterwards. Twenty years ago today, eight-year-old Jade Hobbs and her grandma Margaret Kuwertz, 79, died while on their way to the shops, after walking across the dual carriageway, which was near their home in Pilgrims Way. Both were struck by a car.

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