Parents in Alabama are raising concerns and calling on officials to implement better road safety measures after a Mountain Gap middle schooler was fatally struck by a car while riding his bicycle.
The calls come three days after the young victim, identified as Kallel Fox, was struck and killed by a car while he was riding his bike at the intersection of Bailey Cove Road and Green Mountain Road. Parents argue that the former is a street that they are scared of, not because it was where Kal was killed.
Alabama Parents Raise Concern After Middle Schooler’s Death
It is because they claim that these dangers in the area have already been around for several years and are now calling on authorities to do something about the issue. Local residents Melissa Autin and Ann Bagwell live in a neighborhood that is close enough to the area where Mountain Gap middle schoolers could walk or ride their bikes home.
However, they argue that this is something they never let happen, citing speeding drivers on Bailey Cove Road that threaten kids’ safety. Autin added that because so many people are adamant about crossing that particular street, it has been named “psycho street,” according to WAFF…