Colorado Pedestrian Safety Advocate: Auto-Pedestrian Accidents Will Continue, Roads System Design At Fault

By Marissa Armas, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – In the past 48 hours, Denver Police Department has reported at least two more auto-pedestrian accidents in Denver, leaving one dead. The first happened on Friday around noon off of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Central Park, and the second happened at 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Speer.

That second incident was fatal.

“I’m heartbroken and deeply saddened every time I hear about one of these fatalities because they are preventable but it is predictable,” said Jill Locantore, the executive director of Denver Streets Partnership. “These crashes typically happen on the same streets over and over again, and it’s because those streets are designed like highways to move as many cars as fast as possible.”

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