Transportation Advocacy Group To Discuss Death of Germantown Teen
Broader discussion of pedestrian safety in Montgomery County on the agenda for Action Committee for Transit’s meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Silver Spring
The death of a Germantown teen who was struck by a car while walking to school Halloween morning will be part of a Montgomery County transit advocacy group’s broader discussion Tuesday about pedestrian safety. The Action Committee for Transit (ACT) is scheduled to meet 7:30 p.m. at the Department of Health and Human Services Silver Spring Center. Miriam Schoenbaum, ACT vice president, is expected to discuss the death of Christina Morris-Ward. Morris-Ward, 15, of Germantown, was in the process of crossing Germantown Road when she was struck by a vehicle travelling north on a green signal. Police said she died at the hospital. Morris-Ward's school, Seneca Valley High School, is bordered by Middlebrook Road and Great Seneca Highway, two of …
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Deb Sullivan
11:08 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The problem still is that when the light is green for students to cross, there are still cars turning on red (legally) and the width of the road means kids are running to beat the light. No child should be put in that danger. Seneca students on that side of town MUST cross Rt 118 (and some must cross Father Hurley) at one of three locations. It is a danger for all involved. Again...we need … more ›