Calgary family wants intersection changes after sisters seriously injured in collision
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The family says the sisters, aged 10 and 18, suffered several broken bones and fractures and underwent surgery after being hit while walking in the Dalhousie neighbourhood.
The family of two sisters hopes to see changes made at a northwest Calgary intersection after a collision left the two seriously injured last week in the Dalhousie neighbourhood.
Older sister Alejandra, 18, was walking her 10-year-old sister Camilla to school on the morning of Nov. 20 when they were hit by a vehicle while crossing at the intersection of Dalhousie Drive and Dalgleish Road N.W.
“I received the call that there had been an accident it was just down the street,” says their grandmother Deborah Graham.
“A family member drove by seeing ambulances, the oldest daughter hadn’t returned yet and it was clarified that it was the two girls that were hit.”
The family says the sisters suffered numerous broken bones and fractures and have undergone surgery. Both are now recovering in hospital.
Since the crash, the family is looking into how they can get the city to make the intersection safer for pedestrians.
“I would like to see a set of lights put in there, where they have to stop, red light,” says Graham.
The city tells Global News that it “regrets that this incident near Dalhousie Drive and Dalgleish Road N.W. took place and our thoughts are with everyone involved.
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