.
. >>>
. >>> A4@
. >>> A4@ TODDLER MIGHT NOT SURVIE
AND4@ HUR MOTHER IS -- HER MOTHR
IS DEAD AFTER4@ A CRASH ON BAY
SHORE BOULEVARD.
SHORE BOULEVARD. THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS PUSH ING
HER 21-4@MONTH4@ OLD DAUGHTER I
THE 24-YEAR-OLD WAS PUSH ING HER 21-4@MONTH4@ OLD DAUGHTER IA
STROLLER.
STROLLER.
STROLLER. THE CITY ANNOUNCED JUST AN HOUR
AGO THEY ARE MAKING A CHANGE AND
LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT.
>> THREE YOUNG4@ MEN CHARGED WIH
STREET RACING THAT LED TO THAT
CRASH.
CRASH.
CRASH. ALL4@ 3 OF THEM BOUNDED OUT4@
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. -- BONDED OUT TONIGHT.
THE BLACK MUSTANG THAT HIT THE4@
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
THE PASSENGER IS ALSO FACING
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
CHARGES. THE 17-YEAR-OLD SPEEDING4@ IN A
GOLD NISSAN AND ONE OF THE
DRIVERS,4@ HE4@ WILL BE CHARGED
GOLD NISSAN AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS,4@ HE4@ WILL BE CHARGEDH
VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.4@
VEHICULAR HOMICIDE.4@ SHE WAS
SHE WAS
SHE WAS LEGALLY CROSSING BAY SHORE WHEN
SHE WAS HIT.4@
AND THE DEADLY CRASH IS CALLING
FOR PUSHES ON BAY SHORE AND WE
ARE FINALLY SEEING THEM HAPPEN.@
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
THE CITY OF TAMPA IS SPEEDING UP
A PLANNED PROJECT TO LOWER THE
SPEED LIMIT HERE FROM 40 TO
35 MILES PER HOUR4@ AND THEY ARE
WASTING NO TIME.
IN FACT THEY ARE4@ ALREADY HERE
WITH THOSE SIGNS4@ READING
35 MILES PER HOUR AND THEY WERE
GOING TO START THIS4@ TOMORROW O
CHANGE ALL OF THE SPEED LIMIT
SIGNS BUT THEY ARE ALREADY UP.
4@>>> AS THE MEMORIAL4@ FOR
24-YEAR-OLD JESSICA RICE
CONTINUES TO GO.
SO DOES THE FRUSTRATION.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING
FOR YEARS TO MAKE BAY SHORE
SAFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE DIDN'T NEED TO WAIT.
THIS WOMAN DID NOT NEED TO BE4@
KILLED.
KILLED.
KILLED. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED
IF THE CITY DID WHAT THEY SAID
THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
>> WE MAY BE4@ DOING SOMETHINGS
BUT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO
PREVENT THE ACCIDENTS AND
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. >> SO WHY4@ IS THE CITY OF TAMPA
TAKING SO LONG TO4@ MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS TO BAY SHORE.
THE DIRECTOR OF STORM WATERER
SERVICES FOR -- WATER SERVICE
FOR TAMPA SAID4@ IT IS N4@OT A T
PROC4@ESS.
PROC4@ESS. SHE FIRST SUBMITTED PAPERWORK T@
GET FUNDING IN 2016.
12 YEARS LATER.
PROJECTS TO4@ IMPROVEMENT THIS
AREA ARE FINALLY APPROVED.
>>4@ WE HAVE A PROJECT UNDER
CONSTR4@UCTION4@ EXTENDING FROM
HOWARD AVENUE TO GANDY BOULEVARD
AND THAT IS NEARING THE EXISTING
TRAVEL LANES DOWN TO TEN FEET4@
AND RAISING UP THE CURB THAT WAS
FLUSH TO THE4@ GROUND SO THAT4@
AND RAISING UP THE CURB THAT WAS FLUSH TO THE4@ GROUND SO THAT4@B
IS BETTER PROTECTED FOR DRIVERS
TO STAY IN THE LANES AND WE4@ ME
THOSE PHYSICAL CHANGES AND
REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM
40 MILES PER HOUR TO 35 MILES
PER HOUR.4@
PER HOUR.4@ >> MANY PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT4@ THIS4@ CROSS WALK WHERE
>> MANY PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT4@ THIS4@ CROSS WALK WHEREE
MOTHER WAS KILLED.4@
>> WE FOLLOW FEDERAL AND STATE
CRITERIA ON WHERE TO PUT STRIPES
AND4@ NOT TOO.
IT IS NOT JUST AMENITY WE WANT
TO HAVE EVERY.4@
-- EVERYWHERE.
-- EVERYWHERE.
>>
>> THE
>> THE LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT WAS GOING TO4@ BE COMPLETED IN
OCTOBER TO LOWER, AND NOW4@ IT S
STARTING IMMEDIATELY.
STARTING IMMEDIATELY. -- LOWER THE SPEED4@ LIMIT AND W
IT IS STARTING4@ IMMEDIATELY.
THE CITY OF TAMPA SAID THIS IS
STILL CONSIDERED A CROSS WALK
BECAUSE OF THE WAY4@ THE RAMP IS
ENTERING THE STREET.
AND THOSE WHO4@ ARE INTERESTED O
HONOR THIS MOT4@HER4@ WHO WAS KD
AND HER TODDLER WHO IS FIGHTING
IN THE4@ HOSPITAL.
THEY WILL HAVE A MEMORIAL.
A VIGIL RIGHT HERE ON SATURDAY
AT 10:304@ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED
IN