OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - A citizen action committee is calling for safety improvements at a bike trail crossing.

Noah Ouellette, who frequently ride the Fairfield Loop trail with his wife said the crossing at Pleasant Plain Road is an issue.

“I’ve thought a few times that it was a little bit, kind of too much of a blind spot,” Ouellette said. “That location needs to get looked at... and said if there enough safety precautions there.”

Last month, a pickup truck hit a boy on his bicycle along crossing, sending him to the hospital. Now Ouellette is pushing for change at the intersection

“My initial reaction was to build a bridge some other options that were proposed were tunnels, a tunnel under pleasant plain a crosswalk type of situation,” said Ouellette.

But none of those options are che

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