Palo Alto High School junior Julia Curtis published a petition Wednesday requesting that the Palo Alto Unified School District install active suicide prevention at the Churchill Avenue and Alma Street train crossing.
Her petition — with over 3,200 signatures as of Sunday — came following the death of Summer Devi Mehta, who died by suicide due to the Caltrain Tuesday morning.
When Curtis heard the news about Mehta’s suicide, she said she felt saddened and was shocked despite Palo Alto’s “history of teen suicide.”…