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Commission orders study and requests petition for rapid safety fixes after child struck at Morningside and Smith
Summary
After emotional public testimony following a crash that seriously injured a 10‑year‑old, the Transportation Commission asked staff to study the Smith Road–Morningside Drive crossing in the context of greenway safety standards and directed development of a petition recommending near‑term interventions to increase compliance with the all‑way stop.
The Transportation Commission voted to request additional study of and to direct development of a petition for near‑term safety interventions at the Morningside Drive and Smith Road intersection after a packed public hearing in which neighbors and family members described a recent crash that seriously injured a 10‑year‑old.
Brianna Alexander, the child’s mother, described being in the emergency room while her daughter, Lena, “repeatedly vomit up the blood she had swallowed from missing teeth” and urged the commission to “allocate funds for immediate safety improvements at the intersection of Smith Road and Morningside Drive.” Lena, who addressed the commission in person, said the driver ran the stop sign, and that she sustained a broken jaw in three places and lost three front teeth.
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