The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts has ordered a review of traffic safety in front of the city’s main library building, where a 7 year old girl was struck by a car and fatally injured.
Mayor Domenic Sarno said he wants a report on street lighting and cross walk placement following the death of 7 year old Desinty Gonzalez of Springfield. She was struck along with her mother and a cousin as they crossed State Street in front of the Springfield Library Monday evening.
" We do have those crosswalks where we have the light timers to cross, but sometimes people don't walk to walk a half a block," said Sarno. " We are all guilty of it, you look for the straight line, the shortest way to cross the street."
The driver of the car, Sandra Zemtsova, 48, of West Springfield has pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide and drunken driving.
