Montreal community organizations march for safer streets [Video]

Families from across Montreal rallied alongside community groups this morning in a collective call for safer streets.

Two years after a tragic hit-and-run claimed a young life, parents are criticizing the Quebec government saying it hasn’t done enough to protect minors from road accidents.

“It’s incredibly scary to think every day that your child may be crossing a street and they may get hit by a car,” said Joanna Duy with the Parent Participation Organization at Royal West Academy.

The demonstrators paused at the site where seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska was killed after being struck on her way to school in 2022, a haunting reminder of the daily dangers students face.

Now, parents want the province to appoint a road safety ombudsperson.

“They would hold schools, municipalities and other stakeholders accountable for addressing dangerous intersections and implementing real safety measures rather than blaming the students that attempt to navigate them,” says Katherine Korakakis, president of the English …