Parents delighted with new crossing outside school one year after pupils struck by car
Thrilled parents have today been the proud users of a new zebra crossing which they petitioned for following two children being struck by a car and hospitalised.
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The crossing has been placed across from Old Church CE Primary School, in Darlaston, allowing dozens of parents and children to safely cross Willenhall Street on their way to and from the school gate.
Parents petitioned for the crossing after two children were struck by a car and hospitalised on September 29 last year when heading home, leaving one with a fractured spine and another with a fractured pelvis.
In the following days, determined parents set up a traffic patrol to control the speed of drivers outside the school.
One of the organisers of the petition, and a leading figure behind the scheme, Natasha Mason, 34, from Darlaston, said: "Last year when the unfortunate incident happened a lot of parents and children saw it, it was absolutely horrendous.
"It scared us all, and we knew something needed to be done to get the kids to school safely.
"So, parents and teachers put their heads together and put a petition up to get some sort of a crossing, it took a while to go through but we finally got there after about 12 months. We're thrilled to see all of that work paying off.
