SAN DIEGO — The City of San Diego will install stop signs and reduce the speed limit at a San Carlos intersection where 11-year-old Andrew Olsen was killed on Monday, the city announced Thursday.
Olsen was struck by a car while crossing Jackson Drive at Lake Baydin Avenue on his way to Pershing Middle School. His two sisters were also injured in the incident. The driver, a 37-year-old who remained at the scene and performed CPR on the boy, told police he was blinded by the early morning sun. Olsen was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital.
The city posted notices Thursday stating that stop signs will be installed within two weeks at the site. The speed limit on Jackson Drive will be reduced to 35 miles per hour from 40 MPH, and the city plans to reduce the number of traffic lanes to one in each direction…