Sacramento Adds Speed Bumps To Lemon Hill Avenue After Hit-And-Run Crash Killed Great-Grandmother

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — There are caller information measures successful the aftermath of a hit-and-run clang that near an 87-year-old grandma dormant successful Sacramento.

Now, the metropolis has added velocity bumps to the 5900 artifact of Lemon Hill Avenue wherever the deadly clang killed Lien Dang. No arrests person been made.

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Lisa Lui is the president of the Chinese of Indochina Friendship Association. She says the velocity bumps volition not halt the community’s hunt for justice.

“The velocity bumps are being received arsenic a precise affirmative means,” Lisa said. “I tin archer you whenever determination is simply a nonaccomplishment successful the family, determination is simply a large nonaccomplishment successful the community. A velocity bump, a thoroughfare light, a stoplight — thing is going to regenerate the grandma.”

Councilmember Eric Guerra spearheaded the velocity bump summation arsenic portion of a metropolis program to trim crashes connected and astir the Stockton Boulevard corridor.

“We person a nationalist wellness situation close present due to the fact that of postulation fatalities,” helium said. “Not lone the quality of the hit-and-run sidesplitting the grandma but the assemblage coming together, bringing the constabulary section and each of the metropolis engineers determination to look astatine the concern caused these velocity bumps to hap faster.”

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A assemblage lawsuit successful October brought constabulary look to look with Lien’s household and friends, who were frustrated by a deficiency of an apprehension 2 weeks aft the crash. Police person impounded the conveyance they judge deed and killed her.

“We request radical who cognize oregon person accusation astir who was driving that vehicle, to beryllium capable to clasp idiosyncratic accountable,” Guerra said.

Lien lived successful an flat connected the aforesaid artifact she was deed and killed. The operator kept going.

“If we had had velocity bumps in, we astatine slightest would person had drivers paying attraction to what was successful beforehand of them,” Guerra said.

A great-grandmother’s tragic decease is present starring to this slowed-down street. Her household wants justness to velocity up.

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Sacramento constabulary had nary update to their probe Wednesday night.

Steve Large

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