PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — After a string of deadly pedestrian crashes, families, friends and leaders are demanding accountability.

Rhode Islanders gathered outside Providence City Hall on Sunday for World Remembrance Day.

The event held just two days after a man was killed crossing Atwood Avenue in Cranston .

Dozens commemorating him and other victims of similar crashes at the remembrance.

“It’s really important that we give a face to traffic violence,” Providence Streets Coalition operations manager Dylan Giles said.

According to the coalition, eight pedestrians or cyclists have been killed in crashes across Rhode Island in 2025.

“The problem is continuing and we are here to center the victims families, center the peoples whose lives have been shattered, lift them up, but also cal

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