The parents of a high school junior are fighting for safer pedestrian pathways after their son was hit by a car and killed in April.
A family in Delaware County is still grieving the loss of their teen son after he was killed while walking home in April. They returned to the scene for the first time urging safety ahead of the school yearThe face of Damien Hocker on a sign at the intersection of MacDade Boulevard and Fairview Road serves as a reminder of what happened earlier this year.
"It’s something that’s likely to happen again if something isn’t done to make the intersection safer," his mother Elizabeth Hocker said.With school starting next week out here, they have a renewed urgency to call for changes at this corner and others nearby.His parents are calling on lawmakers to help build footbridges for students, create more crosswalks, enforce existing traffic laws, and get rid of the turn right on red law.
As they tell their story, they told NBC10 that more families are sharing their close calls and nightmares from this area.The Hockers are hoping that happens before another tragedy.
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