A grieving partner and a local business owner are pushing for safety improvements at a National City intersection where two people have died.
Andrea Fernandez lost her partner, Alejandro Contreras, two years ago at the intersection near Sweetwater Road. Contreras was walking across Sweetwater Road in the middle of the night when he was hit and killed by a drunk driver who did not stop. At the time, the crosswalk signal at the intersection was not working.
Fernandez said her grief now fuels her mission to improve safety at the intersection…