CALGARY- A grieving mother is sharing the story of her son’s death, in hopes it makes drivers pay more attention on the road.
18-year-old Jordan Wilson died near Beiseker last July, after being hit by a truck when the driver allegedly blew through a stop sign. Wilson was working beside the highway, and pushed a co-worker to safety before being struck.
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His mother is now using the tragedy to help raise awareness for an Alberta Transportation program about intersection safety.
“Make a choice that’s going to show respect for the life of an another individual,” pleads Yvonne Wilson. “Just because you have the right to get into a vehicle, you may own it, you may have a drivers license, but that does not mean it gives you the right to be reckless.”
In 2012, 70 people died and eight-thousand were injured in Alberta intersections.
“Most of these bad things happen at an intersection, whether it’s running a red light, following too close, or unsafe left turns,” says Len Wagner from Alberta Transportation.
The program is asking drivers to go back to the basics, by watching for other vehicles, pedestrians, obeying traffic signs and signals and preparing for the unexpected.
Click here for more information about the program.
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