Students, residents call for safer roads in Montreal West [Video]

Residents of Montreal West were told Monday night that the town is working to improve safety in the area around Royal West Academy and Westminster Avenue but it is waiting on the Montreal police service (SPVM) and other levels of government to act.

Two students have been struck by cars recently at a dangerous intersection on Westminster and Ainslie Road near the school. Charlie Shein, 14, was walking to the high school earlier this month when a car collided with his side, sending him flying and landing on his lower back.

Some have called for a school crossing guard to be put there but the town explained that a guard needs approval from the SPVM.

Some residents complained that the intersection has been a danger for 20 years and only become more so with increases in trains and cars. They also agreed that many frustrated drivers get impatient because …