120+ Americans die from preventable traffic violence each day. These are their faces. Managed by @fam4safestreets.
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5-year-old Simon Gonzalez struck and killed by a school bus in front of his brother in Standish, Maine. 🕯️
kptv.com/2025/12/16/kinderga…
Six year old Adrian Salgado killed in school bus crash in south Oklahoma City.
Encouraging that state @mickydollens and local officials are promising safety upgrades. Area had been identified as dangerous.
kfor.com/news/local/lawmaker…
Sergio Maya, 34, killed while trying to cross the street by an SUV driver in Chicago 🕯️
@streetsblogchi says the road he was killed on, Sheridan, is a "traffic sewer" for drivers. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/12/…
Zachary Wensel, 19, was disabled when a driver drove left of center to pass an Amish buggy and struck him head on on his motorcycle in Holmes County, Ohio.
A short time later, unable to work, he took is own life 😭
His mother is fighting for a safety fix news5cleveland.com/news/loca…
13-yo Chance Hunnicutt struck & killed by a semi truck driver while riding his bike to meet friends in Manhattan, IL 🕯️
"Chance’s light touched everyone who knew him — his smile, his kindness, his energy will never be forgotten."
gofundme.com/f/support-for-t…
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/…
Four teenagers killed by a wrong-way driver on the NJ Turnpike. 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Yaakov Kilberg, 19, Aharon Lebovits,18, and Shlomo Cohen, 18, and Chaim Grossman, 18 😭
It's far too often we see American highways becoming scenes of mass tragedy.
courierpostonline.com/story/…
12-year-old Haylee Ryan was riding her bicycle when she was struck and killed by a school bus near Lied STEM Academy in Las Vegas. 🕯️
One of two 12yo students in the district killed biking to or from school in the area fox5vegas.com/2025/10/11/way…
Joe Lazar, 83, a long-time crossing guard in Westlake, Ohio, struck and killed in the line of duty.
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“He was stationed right in front of the police department."
Part of a rash of similar incidents in Cleveland's western suburbs
cleveland.com/news/2025/10/p…
Avery Devon Neal, 32, a survivor of a mass shooting, struck down and killed in Indianapolis by a hit and run driver. 🕯️
"He was getting off the bus coming home."
He is the 25th pedestrian killed in Indy this year 😭
wthr.com/article/news/local/…
Dylan Straughn (far left) a high school sophomore killed by a driver while riding his bike in Colrain Township, Ohio. 🕯️
"Whether it was music, sports, or learning, Dylan brought joy and kindness everywhere he went,"
wcpo.com/moeller-dylan-strau…
58-year-old Colene Ruhl, thrown from her wheelchair and killed by the driver of a semi-truck in Winter Springs, Florida. 🕯️
fox35orlando.com/news/woman-…
Hayley Linville, 31, struck and killed by a Milwaukee police officer 🕯️
“She was a type of person that was liked and loved by everyone”
cbs58.com/news/family-of-wom…
Jasmine Martinez, 39, struck and killed by a hit and run driver while crossing in a crosswalk in Long Beach, CA 🕯️
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/09/1…
Faces of Traffic Death retweeted
Gun violence and car violence are the two leading killers of children in this country.
That's it. That's the post.
Boy, just 1 and a half, killed when an SUV smashes into his daycare in Ontario. Six other children injured.
"it was a very tragic and horrible day here in our city.”
chch.com/chch-news/young-chi…
A 2yo girl was killed after she was struck by a pickup truck driver in a parking lot in Layton, Utah. 🕯️
13wham.com/news/nation-world…
Boy, just 1 and a half, killed when an SUV smashes into his daycare in Ontario. Six other children injured.
"it was a very tragic and horrible day here in our city.”
chch.com/chch-news/young-chi…
What's it like being hit by a car going 40 mph? It exerts similar force as falling off a 54-ft ladder
Kudos to the VirginiaDMB for this powerful demonstration in Richmond.
"Last year..410 people lost their lives in speed-related crashes across Virginia"
dmv.virginia.gov/news/youd-n…
Harry Fenton, 67, lawyer, husband, father, grandfather of five, killed on a dangerous road, Belmont Avenue, in Philadelphia, by a driver who was racing. 🕯️
"The city must act," says @bcgp, of which Fenton was a member.
bicyclecoalition.org/bcgp-me…
Jeanette Espitia and her unborn child, killed in June trying to cross SE Military Dr. (a dangerous road) in San Antonio, that has since been the site of a serious crash that left a man hospitalized 🕯️🕯️
news4sanantonio.com/news/loc…
Faces of Traffic Death retweeted
The royal family are members of @Fam4SafeStreets @trafficdeath , if all vehicles had speed limiters how many notable people would still be alive I’ll go first……….
ALT Photo of Princess Diana