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Mother concerned over 8-year-old’s dangerous bus stop [Video]

A Harrow mother is advocating for her eight-year-old daughter’s bus stop to be moved, over concerns the current location puts her in harm’s way.

Lidia Franzoi said there’s a sense of “fear” each morning when her daughter, Julia, walks about 200 feet along County Road 20 to her bus stop.

“It’s fear I’m going to get hit by a car or she’s going to get hit by a car,” Franzoi told CTV News in an interview.

In the morning, Julia is picked up in front of another student’s home. Franzoi said the walk is along a narrow gravel lane that measures less than six feet wide.

In the afternoon, both Julia and the other student are dropped off in front of Franzoi’s home. Previously, Julia and the other student were picked up at separate stops.

The posted speed limit is 80 km/h. Franzoi said cars are known to speed in …

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