Bringing awareness to pedestrian safety [Video]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Summertime is upon us. That means the kids are out of school, riding bikes, walking to parks and pedestrian safety near moving traffic is the number one concern. According to Smart Growth America, from 20 10 until 2022 there was a 75-percent increase in the deaths of people walking.

Huntsville mother Lavonda Williams shares her story in hopes of bringing awareness to pedestrian safety. Williams explained that her son Marquez was killed on Memorial Parkway nearly two months ago on April 15. 

“He was walking home on Memorial Parkway and it was around after one or something like that. And, a car hit him, hit and run. Right in that area, [near] Redstone and Burger King. He was such a smart, intelligent young man. You know, he had so …