Dangerous Crosswalk to be Improved

The dangerous intersection near where a last month will soon get upgrades aimed at preventing future such accidents, the Post and Courier reports.

Mount Pleasant plans to spend $20,000 for improved signage, flashing lights and a crossing guard, the Post and Courier reports.

Currently town police officers are patrolling the intersection to slow drivers. In the wake of the accident, Police charged the motorist involved in the accident with reckless driving.

The incident has brought town, school and police officials together to work on solutions, and the new sign and crossing guard are key parts of their plan to prevent the same scenario from repeating itself, the newspaper reports.

"I don't know what else we could do, but it's still only going to be as safe as the drivers who go through there," Jeff Scott, the school district's director of security, told the newspaper. "It's a neighborhood road, but it's actually a four-lane highway."

Read more about the improvements on the Post and Courier.