Detroit residents call for speeding solutions in neighborhood after crash leaves child in coma

DETROIT – A Detroit family is demanding changes to address speeding on Canyon Street between East Warren Avenue and Chandler Park Drive after a 4-year-old girl was struck by a car during a family reunion over the weekend and left in a coma.

“This is beyond our wildest belief because she’s so small,” said Brandi Shaw, her grandmother. “To see her lying in the street pretty much lifeless. I just can’t get that out of my head.”

Relatives said 4-year-old Santana Martin was always joyful and smiling, and was having fun with her family on Sunday (Aug. 10)…

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