Faces of Traffic Death

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/kin…

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/law…

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/2025/12/12/the…

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/local-new…

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-… chi.streetsblog.org/2025/10/22/aft…

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. #c3jfs0uv7nl5tfoboyxzehimqgl4706x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">courierpostonline.com/story/news/loc…

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. 🕯️ “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/l…

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-…

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-whe…

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…

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/…

Gun violence and car violence are the two leading killers of children in this country. That's it. That's the post.

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-wo…

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/youn…

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-neve…

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-member-ha…

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/local/nea…

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……….