Auto-Pedestrian Accidents Will Continue, Roads System Design At Fault – CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – In the last 36 hours, the Denver Police Department has reported at least two more auto-pedestrian accidents in Denver, leaving one dead. The first happened on Friday around noon off of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Central Park, and the second happened at 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Broadway and Speer.

That second incident was fatal.

Broadway and Speer intersection. (credit: CBS)

“I’m heartbroken and deeply saddened every time I hear about one of these fatalities because they are preventable but it is predictable,” said Jill Locantore, the executive director of Denver Streets Partnership. “These crashes typically happen on the same streets over and over again, and it’s because those streets are designed like highways to move as many cars as fast as…