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Residents call on leaders to make troublesome intersection safer
EAST FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — Road crews are looking to make a troublesome intersection on a major road between Butler and Armstrong counties a little safer. Every time Luetta Reed approaches the intersection of Route 422 and Glad Run Road in East Franklin Township, her mind turns to her family. "I lost my paternal grandparents in a crash there in 1965, and I lost my mother in a crash there in 1997," Reed said.Both were hit by drivers of vehicles heading from Armstrong County to Butler County. "It's frightening to use that intersection, and I won't use it going straight across anymore,"...
Elementary school to use portable speed bumps to slow drivers down
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — A school resource officer in Bulter County may have found a solution to stop drivers from speeding in front of an elementary school.People who live near Broad Street Elementary in Butler know all about speeding drivers. "They go by so fast around here," resident Yvonne Mazurek said. "I like slow down. There's kids around here and a school down the street."Butler Police Officer Jim Green, who serves as the elementary school's resource officer, decided to see if speed bumps could be put in front of the school. "There's a lot of red tape in putting a speed bump...
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