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A man has died after being struck by a vehicle near the Trainyards shopping centre. The collision was the second fatal one in two days (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (14 children)

It was the second fatal collision involving pedestrians in Ottawa in less than 24 hours. On Tuesday afternoon, one adult pedestrian was killed and another was critically injured when they were struck by a vehicle on Innes Road.

A woman in her 50s died last month after being struck by a truck on Smyth Road, less than two kilometres from the site of Wednesday's collision.

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[–] human3500@ottawa.place 3 points 1 day ago (13 children)

@sbv @ottawa @dwazou Just remember that Jim Watson didn't want #visionzero. He preferred to keep the status quo death rate of 20 to 25 pedestrians / people on bikes per year and to try to slowly reduce that by 5% a year.

A 5% reduction is one fewer death.

These deaths are the price we pay for voting in awful #Ottawa mayors who prioritize cars over people and austerity over improving the city. It's our fault.

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