Sangaree Childhood Accidents

I have lived in the Sangaree subdivision for four years. The Sangaree subdivision is one of the largest subdivisions in our state. It is a wonderful community with neighbors that care about their homes and other neighbors. We are extremely lucky to have Sangaree Elementary School and Sangaree Intermediate School located next to each other. However, this causes traffic problems as the schools begin and end at the same time, not to mention that Sangaree Middle School is just blocks away. The Sangaree Elementary School and Sangaree Intermediate School have had multiple pedestrian involved accidents which have lead to personal injuries, and property damage; therefore, it is time our community received an elevated crosswalk to help protect …show more content…
Not only have these accidents not decreased, these accidents involve children crossing the street, with the help of a school crossing guard and a police officer, while they are trying to get to school or leaving school in the afternoons. The school crossing guard was one of the pedestrians hit last school year. The school crossing guard was injured and as a result of her injuries was out of work for six weeks. Several children have been hospitalized for days due to their injuries from these accidents. There has also been property damage to the fence and school landscaping in regards to these dangerous accidents. Something needs to be done before a person is killed on this street. I do not know how I would feel if someone was killed on this street when it could have been …show more content…
There is a similar crosswalk on Dorchester Road by Goodwin Elementary School. This crosswalk was built back in the early 1980's because the road was extremely busy and this sidewalk kept their children safe while walking to and from school. I believe it will do the same for our children. Our elevated sidewalk would be similar in structure. The children would walk up the side of the elevated crosswalk, over the traffic, then back down the other side of the crosswalk. This elevated crosswalk will have a gate all around the sides and top so the children would be safe going across the crosswalk. There would not be any danger as far as the children being able to fall over the sides of the crosswalk. We would also still use the crossing guard and police officer to ensure the safety of our children as well as the proper flow of traffic. This will eliminate the children from coming into close contact with a vehicle or the busy street. The children will begin to walk up the side of the crosswalk well before coming close to the busy road and when they descend the crosswalk they will be past the dangerous street. This is the best solution to ensure that our children are safe while they are walking to and from our local schools. The elevated sidewalk will eliminate pedestrian involved accident and injuries and protect our children as well as the community. The need to