http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2012/06/08/336781_news.html
A MOTHER who accidentally hit a five-year-old girl with her car yesterday is calling for speed limits to be reduced and more pedestrian crossings installed across the city.
The accident in Annandale occurred just hours before a 14-year-old student was critically injured after his bike and a truck collided as he was riding home from school.
The boy's mother arrived at the scene at the intersection of Woolcock and Boundary streets shortly after the crash at 3.20pm and cried as her son was loaded on to a spinal board and into an ambulance.
He was conscious and moaning in pain as paramedics attended to him, and was last night in Townsville Hospital in a critical condition after undergoing surgery.
His mother was escorted in a police car to be at her son's bedside.
The number of pedestrians involved in traffic crashes has jumped almost 33 per cent, from 58 in 2010 to 77 in 2011.
Of the pedestrians seriously injured between January 2009 and June 2011, almost 42 per cent were under the age of 16.
Jancy Jo, who accidentally hit the-five-year-old Year 1 student from Annandale State School, said traffic congestion and poor visibility on Casuarina Dr had contributed to the accident.
The little girl suffered minor injuries after she was struck while walking to school about 8.45am and was taken to Townsville Hospital as a precaution.
Ms Jo called for council to reduce the speed limit, so it was in line with other roads surrounding the school, or construct pedestrian crossings on the road to improve safety for children. "The road here is so dangerous. There are kids and cars everywhere during drop-off times and you can barely see through them all," Ms Jo said.
"The road is ridiculous. There's no view and several blind spots. The council needs to do something.
"I was dropping my daughter at school. I saw a group of four kids standing on the corner of Berrigan Ave, before the smallest one let go of her sister's hand, approached the road, and ran into my side mirror."
Casuarina Dr is a 50km/h zone and has no pedestrian crossing.
Ms Jo, a mother of five, said during peak school zone times the road was regularly used by students, teachers and parents crossing the pedestrian bridge on to school grounds. Annandale State School is also bordered by Yolanda Dr and Oleander St, which both have pedestrian crossings and 40km/h signpostings.
A Townsville City Council spokesman yesterday said council would consider extending the school zone in the area if there was enough community support.
A MOTHER who accidentally hit a five-year-old girl with her car yesterday is calling for speed limits to be reduced and more pedestrian crossings installed across the city.
The accident in Annandale occurred just hours before a 14-year-old student was critically injured after his bike and a truck collided as he was riding home from school.
The boy's mother arrived at the scene at the intersection of Woolcock and Boundary streets shortly after the crash at 3.20pm and cried as her son was loaded on to a spinal board and into an ambulance.
He was conscious and moaning in pain as paramedics attended to him, and was last night in Townsville Hospital in a critical condition after undergoing surgery.
His mother was escorted in a police car to be at her son's bedside.
The number of pedestrians involved in traffic crashes has jumped almost 33 per cent, from 58 in 2010 to 77 in 2011.
Of the pedestrians seriously injured between January 2009 and June 2011, almost 42 per cent were under the age of 16.
Jancy Jo, who accidentally hit the-five-year-old Year 1 student from Annandale State School, said traffic congestion and poor visibility on Casuarina Dr had contributed to the accident.
The little girl suffered minor injuries after she was struck while walking to school about 8.45am and was taken to Townsville Hospital as a precaution.
Ms Jo called for council to reduce the speed limit, so it was in line with other roads surrounding the school, or construct pedestrian crossings on the road to improve safety for children. "The road here is so dangerous. There are kids and cars everywhere during drop-off times and you can barely see through them all," Ms Jo said.
"The road is ridiculous. There's no view and several blind spots. The council needs to do something.
"I was dropping my daughter at school. I saw a group of four kids standing on the corner of Berrigan Ave, before the smallest one let go of her sister's hand, approached the road, and ran into my side mirror."
Casuarina Dr is a 50km/h zone and has no pedestrian crossing.
Ms Jo, a mother of five, said during peak school zone times the road was regularly used by students, teachers and parents crossing the pedestrian bridge on to school grounds. Annandale State School is also bordered by Yolanda Dr and Oleander St, which both have pedestrian crossings and 40km/h signpostings.
A Townsville City Council spokesman yesterday said council would consider extending the school zone in the area if there was enough community support.
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