Point Loma residents are fighting to change what they call a dangerous intersection, the scene of a stroller crash that left an infant dead and a father with serious injuries.
Last week, Juniper Aavang and her father were hit by an SUV while crossing Canon Street at a marked crosswalk. The mother made it across, but the driver of the SUV turning from Catalina Boulevard did not see the father and stroller.
On Tuesday, a family friend urged the City Council to do something about the intersection.
"We're here to make sure that Juniper's death is not in vain,” said Marisa Smith, a Point Loma resident. “That the city listens, that they change that intersection and that once again families in the Point Loma community can feel safe about letting their children walk.”
Neighbors in the area want to see Canon Street closed from Talbot to Catalina and are proposing a small park in memory of Juniper.
An NBC 7 map of accidents in Point Loma shows at least eight other accidents in that exact same area in the past few years. There have been 78 other accidents in the general vicinity of that intersection. None of those were fatal, according to police data, though 96 people have been injured.
Residents in the area said they want to propose a small park in memory of Juniper and hope to meet with city traffic engineers and Councilwoman Laurie Zapf to possibly come up with a plan to move forward.
