The meeting brought together students, parents, neighbors and county leaders who all agreed on the urgent need to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety throughout the county.

"We want to do everything that we can to try to keep folks safe," Supervisor Misty Roundtree said.

The tragedy has highlighted safety concerns in the area, where residents noted there are four crosswalks near Freeman High School but none by Tuckahoe Middle School or Ridge Elementary School, where the fatal crash occurred. Supervisors shared that investments in improving areas of concern in the county had been approved and on going prior to recent months.

Some attendees asked the board to look at making changes on a more long-term scale.

"It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. And I would just love for the

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