A deadly stretch of road in Polk county is now one step closer to getting some sidewalks and better lighting, after a vote by a local advisory committee.
Calls for safety measures are growing for 1st street northwest in Polk county after two men died there just months apart. ABC Action News has been covering this issue for months and tonight as the community waits for answers, we learn how one family is channeling their grief into action.
The fight for sidewalks on a busy Lakeland road made its way before Polk County leaders. It comes after two men died within two months of each other on 1st street northwest in the Kathleen area.
A Polk County mother is speaking exclusively to ABC Action News after her son was hit by a car on a busy Lakeland road and left for dead. That mom is now teaming up with another local family to turn their grief into action.