The Editor,
Re. “Fund tops $60,000 for families of two young cousins killed in crash” (The Tri-City News, May 5).
Recently, a traffic accident on Lougheed Highway near Pitt River road tragically took the lives of three people, including two children.
Six years ago, near the same stretch, two women, Lorraine Cruz and Charlene Reaveley, were also killed when struck by a drunk driver. But it is important to note that prior to them being struck, there was already an accident and Ms. Reaveley was the Good Samaritan who got out of her car to help. At the time, when the city was interviewed, the response was that it would act.
Yes, there may be limitations in what the city and the Ministry of Highways, which is responsible for Lougheed, can do due to the width of the road. But are there not other ways that can improve safety? How about some street lights? Or just improve that intersection?
The statistics are there of how many people are killed or injured near this intersection of the road each year.
And behind each data point, there is a family that is grieving for a father, a mother, a child taken away.
City of Coquitlam, Ministry of Highways, please step up.
H.M. Leung, Coquitlam
