Catherine is an angry woman. Wednesday, November 16
at 8:20, she takes her children in safety vest to school, Reaumur
Street in the southeast area. As usual, it is she who is responsible for making
schoolchildren cross the crosswalk. Because it’s unlike other sectors, here
there is no public road security officer. Mom is positioned in the middle of
the road on the way, arms spread, when a Fiat 500 driven by a woman of 23 years
in Oise, arose and struck Ethan, four. Catherine's son was hit in the head by
the mirror and part of the car. Lower lip "exploded" bloody nose,
Ethan is projected on the side. Fortunately, the child is strong. Taken to
hospital by firefighters, he was able to return home a few hours later.
The anger of the
family is not it, not settled. “The driver explained that she had not seen
Ethan because of the steamy windows, I do not really believe. We were still
visible in the middle of the crosswalk, "says Catherine, also
representative of parents of school Reaumur. Mom calls to the City more
security on this axis, albeit not very popular with motorists, but not immune
to accidents. A petition is also being developed. “Other schools receive ASVP
while they are in the same situation, this is not right. This is not because
the school is located down the street there is no risk. "
Good Samaritan,
Mrs. Catherine was accustomed to cross other children. “I will continue but I
will take this time a yellow vest. It is still unusual to
have to do the work of the officers of the City. "Full of history, the day
before the accident, the flashing signs alerting to the presence of children
had been installed near the facility but were not yet operational.
The City, however,
seems to have taken the measure of the incident, the mother having been
received in the day Wednesday by the deputy mayor in charge of southern Martin
demised sector.
A call to parents
Clement Stengel,
deputy mayor in charge of security, is currently gathering all the elements
relating to the accident. “To study the possibilities of making this school a
monitored item. It does not close the door to this solution but it has to be
justified, "he says.
Twenty schools are
not monitored by ASVP against sixty which themselves are. In some areas, there
are even two ASVP as or instead Vogel Boulevard. “Unfortunately, we cannot
monitor all given the number of ASVP (nearly 100) who also have other missions
continues Stengel. You think to identify individuals, possibly parents in reflective
vest who could handle the monitoring and would be equipped. Not
systematically but in addition ASVP by a system of rotation, for example.
Nothing is decided but it is under consideration. "
