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Terrace Park Elementary student recovering after being hit by car MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — A Terrace Park Elementary School student is expected back to school soon after she was struck by a car Monday morning, officials said.The sixth-grade student was walking to school and used a crosswalk at 224th Street and 56th Avenue when she was hit, school officials said in a letter to parents. The crosswalk was up the road from another crosswalk that has crossing guards, said DJ Jakala, an Edmonds School District spokeswoman. The girl was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She was reported to have a broken shoulder but is expected to return to school soon, Jakala said. The driver likely will be ticketed for failing to yield, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said. The driver told officers she took full responsibility for the accident and said she didn’t see the girl. Hansen asked drivers to slow down when driving around schools. Bad weather and fewer daylight hours can make it hard to see, he said. “We all have to use a little bit more caution,” he said. |
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First, my prayers to the Terrace Park student for a speedy recovery.
Second, what the problem might be is that people do not realize that if you're entering a school zone, no matter what time of the day or time of the year, there will be plenty of children around and drivers need to be careful and watch out for them. I know most speed limits around the schools in Washington are at 20, 'when children are present'. Here in Arizona, the speed limit in many school zones is 15. That's right...15. There is also a stipulation with that, and that there is 'NO PASSING ALLOWED IN SCHOOL ZONES'. This means that if there are 2 lanes in each direction, you MAY NOT pass the car alongside you until you have cleared the school zone. Or you may not pass a vehicle to get into the turn lane. In the city of Tempe, where I reside, many schools are located along major arterial roadways. There is a 35 MPH speed limit at all times, every day of the year...not just during school hours or the school year.
Maybe if the speed limit was lowered to 15 in school zones with no passing allowed, maybe there might not be as many car-pedesrian accidents. However, all parties must be on the lookout for each other - pedestrians and motorists alike.
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