Father Got the Phone Call Every Parent Dreads. After Seeing Son’s Body, He Set Out to Fix Their City’s Deadly Problem

Twelve years ago, Joe Martinez’s life changed forever. Late one night, he received a call no parent ever wants to get — his 21-year-old son, Paul, had been struck by a car while crossing a street near his home in Fresno, California.

Less than two hours later, Martinez stood in the emergency room, staring in disbelief at his son’s body, covered by a sheet.

“It looked like he was asleep,” Martinez recalls. “All I wanted to do was wake him up and say, ‘Let’s go home.’”…

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