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A yearbook memorial page for three Reynolds Secondary students who died will be allowed to go ahead, after students launched an online petition.

Someone hit by a vehicle travelling 56 km/h is five times more likely to die than someone hit by a car travelling 32 km/h, a staff report said.

Kaydence Bourque was only 16 when he was struck and killed

Kaydence Bourque was only 16 when he was struck and killed

A senior driver who struck and killed a teenager last year in a marked crosswalk in Saanich, B.C., has been charged with a traffic offence in the crash.

Kaydence Bourque was only 16 when he was struck and killed

The driver who struck and killed 16-year-old Kaydence Bourque in a crosswalk a year ago has been charged with driving without due care and attention

Anyone who walks as much as I do has had many near misses, and in virtually every case I’ve experienced, the driver wasn’t looking at all for a pedestrian in the crosswalk. They’re always quite startled to see me standing inches from their vehicle

Calling for “no more child deaths,” neighbours, road-safety advocates and incoming and outgoing Saanich councillors stood at Shelbourne Street and San Juan Avenue — a marked crosswalk with pedestrian-controlled flashing beacons

A child under 12 was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit in a crosswalk Tuesday morning at Shelbourne Street and San Juan Avenue