The family of Shannon Rushing, an Ocala teenager who was fatally struck and killed while she was walking to her school bus stop, has created a petition seeking a new law for pedestrian safety improvements across the state, including the installation of adequate street lighting on all state and county roads.
The petition for “Shannon’s Law” was created through Change.org by the late Rushing’s sister, Shanta Norton, on October 28. As of Monday, the document had already garnered over 3,000 signatures in just two weeks.
Rushing, an 18-year-old senior at Forest High School who also attended Wards-Highlands Elementary School and Howard Middle School, sustained fatal injuries after she was struck by a car while she was walking to her bus stop in the 1900 block of NW Old Blitchton Road on October 27…