Neighbors push for changes to DeKalb County intersection after deadly crash

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Neighbors in DeKalb County are calling on local officials to make a section of LaVista Road safer a week after a crash killed a Georgia Power contractor there.

Dylan Wayland, 19, was setting up flags along an S-curve on LaVista Road last Monday when he was hit by a van and killed, according to DeKalb County Police.

Neighbors say the section of road near North Druid Hills Road, by the Toco Hills Shopping Center, presents what they describe as a triple threat: an S-curve, a merge point and fast traffic exiting the shopping center…

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