LITTLETON, Colo. – Next week will mark one year since Liam Stewart, a Littleton 7th grader was struck by a driver and killed while riding his bike to Euclid Middle School.
Since that tragic day, advocates have called for better road design and improvements for people who walk and ride bicycles in the city.
It’s a call for change at the center of a rally to honor the life of Liam next Thursday, October 17 – the one year mark since he was killed at a roundabout at S. Elati St. and S. Arapahoe Dr.“
This Thursday, October 17 – a year to the hour after Liam Stewart was killed – we are gathering the community, students who knew him, teachers, friends and relatives of the family,” said Patrick Santana, chair of Vibrant Littleton, a group that advocates for places to live that are safe to walk and ride.
“Anyone that’s in the neighborhood, activists around bike and pedestrian safety – it’s open to everyone,” he added.
Denver7 They are determined to not only remember what happened to Liam but to fight to protect other families from this kind of unimaginable pain and loss felt by Liam’s dad, Josh Stewart.