ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – She was a 19-year-old who championed bike safety but was hit and killed in an Albuquerque crosswalk last year. Now, the mother of Kayla Vanlandingham said she’s continuing the fight for safer streets for everyone.
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“Braking only takes a second. Ending a life lasts forever,” the City of Albuquerque said in an ad, a part of a new campaign teaching people about traffic code changes.
Those changes came after 19-year-old Kayla Vanlandingham was hit and killed while crossing Carlisle Blvd. near the Hahn Arroyo last July. “She is just a kind and empathetic person. She was starting her sophomore year at UNM,” said Kayla’s mom, Melinda Montoya…