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Carolyn Harding
Friends and Families for Safe Streets Columbus
27 minutes Posted Jun 14, 2024 at 10:15 pm.
pm a young man was struck twice by separate vehicles in north Columbus. Unable to survive his injuries he died that night.
pm, a Pedestrian was killed while attempting to cross West Broad Street in Columbus.
am a male pedestrian died after being struck by two vehicles that both fled the scene on East Broad Street on the city's Far East Side.
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Carolyn Harding w/ Ginger Tornes and Margo Wakefield advocates for Friends and Families for Safe Streets Columbus.
Ginger Tornes was born and raised in Columbus. She moved to Alaska, where she managed a commercial salmon fishing business and worked with the state legislature. Ms. Tornes became involved in safe street/safe systems advocacy after the 2017 hit and run death of a good friend on a street with no sidewalks. She formed Friends and Families for Safe Streets, Columbus, and World Day of Remembrance, a global event supported by the UN. Ms. Tornes is a member of the Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission attributable funds committee, and various other organizations.
Margo Wakefield holds an advanced degree in the Performing Arts. As a writer and choreographer, she uses her Art to communicate the human condition. Her Baha'i' spiritual training inspires her active participation in efforts and organizations that support Survivors of Human Trafficking, promote access to Mental Health care without stigma, and movements for Transportation Justice and Safer Streets.
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These recent deaths, are a result from pedestrians simply trying to cross a street in Columbus. Talk about these, all too common, tragedies happening in Columbus today.
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