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etienne ranger/for metro ottawa
Pedestrians march at the King Edward Avenue and Rideau Street intersection last night to protest the growing heavy truck traffic in the area. An elderly woman was struck by a truck and died on Halloween night at the corner, prompting calls for the city to regulate truck traffic there.
“This is where she was killed.”
Holding a sign that read No More Dead Pedestrians, Sheila Moore stood at the corner of King Edward Avenue and Rideau Street last night to remember her aunt who died while crossing the intersection.
Stephanie Clavel, 86, died after being struck by a truck at the busy intersection on October 31.
“It was a tragic death,” said Moore. “She was vivacious and giving and had the biggest heart.”
Dozens of people attended a vigil organized by the Lowertown Community Association to remember those who have been killed or injured by traffic in the King Edward corridor last night.
The association called on the government to move the trucks off King Edward Avenue. “We don’t want to see any more injuries or any more deaths,” said Angela Rickman, president of the Lowertown Community Association.
“Every day, between 2,100 and 3,000 trucks take this route. It’s a recipe for disaster.”
“When I heard a woman was killed here, it broke my heart,” said Brook Burchfiel, an association member. “We’re here to mourn the loss of anyone who died here, or who was injured here. They’re preventable deaths.”
“Trucks need to be in a location where it can be linked to a future ring road,” said Jane Brammer, chair of the Community Action for Reasonable Analyses and Decision. “They should not be in neighbourhoods, on the front steps of hospitals or on people’s back steps or front doors.”
“I walk by here every day to work,” said Ottawa resident Borys Gengalo.
The area gets too much pedestrian traffic for that many trucks to go by, he said.
Holding a sign that read No More Dead Pedestrians, Sheila Moore stood at the corner of King Edward Avenue and Rideau Street last night to remember her aunt who died while crossing the intersection.
Stephanie Clavel, 86, died after being struck by a truck at the busy intersection on October 31.
“It was a tragic death,” said Moore. “She was vivacious and giving and had the biggest heart.”
Dozens of people attended a vigil organized by the Lowertown Community Association to remember those who have been killed or injured by traffic in the King Edward corridor last night.
The association called on the government to move the trucks off King Edward Avenue. “We don’t want to see any more injuries or any more deaths,” said Angela Rickman, president of the Lowertown Community Association.
“Every day, between 2,100 and 3,000 trucks take this route. It’s a recipe for disaster.”
“When I heard a woman was killed here, it broke my heart,” said Brook Burchfiel, an association member. “We’re here to mourn the loss of anyone who died here, or who was injured here. They’re preventable deaths.”
“Trucks need to be in a location where it can be linked to a future ring road,” said Jane Brammer, chair of the Community Action for Reasonable Analyses and Decision. “They should not be in neighbourhoods, on the front steps of hospitals or on people’s back steps or front doors.”
“I walk by here every day to work,” said Ottawa resident Borys Gengalo.
The area gets too much pedestrian traffic for that many trucks to go by, he said.
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