Quebec Coroner Calls for Better Pedestrian Safety After Death of Girl, 7, in 2022

Quebec Coroner Calls for Better Pedestrian Safety After Death of Girl, 7, in 2022
Pallbearers carry the casket of seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska from the church following her funeral in Montreal, on Dec. 21, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022.

Coroner Éric Lépine said in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the driver’s failure to stop fully at an intersection as well as the blinding morning sun.