Grieving families call for new stop sign at Fresno County intersection

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A begetter successful mourning is connected a mission.

William Lazo took the podium astatine the Fresno County Board of Supervisors gathering Tuesday morning, demanding alteration successful the aftermath of the nonaccomplishment of his lad Sandro.

The 16-year-old was riding his bicycle connected Perrin Road astatine Fowler Avenue successful Fresno County. On the evening of August 8 erstwhile a pickup motortruck deed him. He died astatine the hospital.

"It's been 12 horrible days since that calamity and my household is inactive devastated," said Lazo.

Their calamity came conscionable 8 days aft Kathy Bailey's.

Bailey's son, 25-year-old Kaiden, was deed and killed by a minivan astatine the aforesaid intersection connected the nighttime of July 31.

She joined Lazo's demands for action.

"A halt motion connected Fowler astatine the intersection of Perrin would person saved my son's life. Brighter colored dividing lines connected the roadworthy would person saved my son's life. Street lights would person saved my son's life. A little velocity bounds would person saved my son's life," said Bailey.

The Lazos hold and person started a movement: 'Stop for Sandro.'

A petition connected Change.org, calling for a halt motion connected Fowler Avenue, has much than 1,300 signatures.

Supervisor Nathan Magsig, who represents the area, says he's met with the county's section of nationalist works, road patrol and adjacent metropolis of Clovis.

"I tin archer you determination are postulation studies that are going to instrumentality spot connected Fowler Avenue and we're going to instrumentality a look astatine antithetic measures to not lone dilatory postulation but trim the magnitude of postulation we spot connected Fowler Avenue," said Magsig.

Both the Lazo and Bailey families are hoping for a solution soon.

"Two beauteous young lives are gone successful 8 days, delight don't hold for the third," said Bailey.

The region has not said erstwhile the postulation survey volition begin.

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