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Photos: In Tucson, "silhouettes" mark 53 places where pedestrians have been killed
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Nine Living Streets Alliance staffers board members and volunteers placed human silhouettes in 53 locations where 57 people have been killed so far this year in traffic crashes.
"This is to show the magnitude of this problem and create awareness that is leading up to the World Day of Remembrance on Nov. 19. We will be honoring those lives lost in traffic crashes and issue a call for safer streets in Tucson," said Evren Sonmez, the program manager with the Living Streets Alliance.
It is to draw attention to World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, an international event adopted by the UN General Assembly, to pay respects to the 1.25 million killed on the world's roads, according to Living Streets Alliance.
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At West Anklam and North Greasewood Roads Gene Einfrank, the president of the Living Streets Alliance, ties a human silhouette to a streetlight where a young man was killed earlier this year.
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Roger McDaniel pauses while cleaning the roadside shrine that is close to where his son Roger was killed on March 17, 2017 as Gene Einfrank, the president of the Living Streets Alliance, ties a human silhouette to a fence. McDaniel goes to the site at South Mission Road and San Juan Trail every day to make sure it is clean and presentable.
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Gene Einfrank, left, the president of the Living Streets Alliance, asks Roger McDaniel the best place to tie a human silhouette near the site where his son Roger was killed. McDaniel goes to the site at South Mission Road and San Juan Trail every day to make sure it is clean and presentable.
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Gene Einfrank, the president of the Living Streets Alliance, ties a human silhouette near a bus stop post. A woman was killed earlier this year near South Mission Road and West 36th Street.
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Gene Einfrank, the current president of the Living Streets Alliance, walks towards a memorial on West Anklam and North Greasewood Roads to see if he can tie a human silhouette near the site. So far 57 people have been killed in traffic crashes this year.
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Evren Sonmez, the program manager with the Living Streets Alliance holds a map where nine volunteers are placing sihouettes around Tucson where 57 people were killed in traffic crashes so far this year.
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