Walking in Waterloo Region

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From the CBC: Woman hit by car in power pole crash at MacGregor school

A 43-year-old woman was rushed to hospital Wednesday after a vehicle hopped the curb and hit her while she was walking in front of a Waterloo school.

Waterloo regional police were called to MacGregor Public School just before 3 p.m.

Police said a car first struck a woman who was walking on the sidewalk, and then hit a hydro pole.

It doesn't say this in the article, but the victim has sadly passed away since yesterday as a result of being hit.

I have a lot of questions about this; I heard about it last night at a meeting (and went on a mini-rant when someone said "can't be helped"---that is what Vision Zero is about). Central in front of MacGregor Public School is on my everyday bike commute. It is getting a bunch more traffic due to the King St construction. She was on the sidewalk and we can see the substantial grassy boulevard. And the road design doesn't really promote going fast. I'd guess that the car was probably doing 60 or faster. Right in front of a school?!