Montreal family wants safer roads after teen hit by car on his way to school [Video]

Ever since Charlie Shein was hit by a car while crossing the street to go to school, his family has been trying to figure out how to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else.

“I was pretty sore, I was in a bit of pain. I was a little scared,” says Shein, 14, a student at Royal West Academy.

Shein was walking to his high school last week when a car collided with his side, sending him flying and landing on his lower back.

His mom, Dr. Samara Zavalkoff says he got lucky — his injuries were minor.

But being a physician in a pediatric intensive care unit, she knows it could have been much worse.

“He could have been in the ICU for weeks. He could have been killed,” says Zavalkoff, who works at the Montreal’s Children’s Hospital.

She’s not alone in her concerns.

“During rush hour traffic, the cars don’t stop. They crawl …