police arrested the driver<\/a>, identified as 31-year-old Aman Kumar. He is out after posting bail.<\/p>\nNeighbors in the area told FOX26 they have long-standing concerns about speeding along Peach Avenue, saying drivers often ignore a flashing crosswalk in the area.<\/p>\n
They hope something is done to improve safety.<\/p>\n
FOX26 Reporter Mayra Franco also spoke with Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez about community concerns and potential solutions.<\/p>\n
Chavez said he is familiar with the area and noted it has significant pedestrian traffic, including a nearby trail.<\/p>\n
He said his office will review possible safety improvements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to be having our traffic folks look at it,\u201d Chavez said. \u201cAre there any additional measures that we can take to slow folks down?\u201d<\/p>\n
Neighbors do note that it ultimately comes down to the driver.<\/p>\n
Chavez added that enforcement could be part of the response, including patrols and citations for speeding drivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a child involved last night, my heart goes out to the family,\u201d he said. \u201cIf this is preventable, we want to make sure that we take those measures. So, our traffic folks are going to get that turned in and again, the message to our folks out there is slow down. There’s a lot of children that play in that area along trails, along Peach.”<\/p>\n
Chavez said he has been familiar with the corridor since serving on the city council and was previously involved in improvement projects along Peach Avenue.<\/p>\n
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However, he said continued growth in the area may require further safety reviews of local roadways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A 4-year-old child who was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Fresno on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-293493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}