Georgia College & State University Freshman Injured in Milledgeville Car-Pedestrian Accident

Georgia College and State University has launched a new mission to ensure student safety at one of its busiest intersections, according to Jennifer Bellamy of the 13 WMAZ website.  Bellamy reports that university spokesman Bryan Jackson spoke of creating ways to re-route traffic at the intersection of Hancock Street and Clark Street after a car-pedestrian accident sent freshman Chloe Jenkins to the hospital Monday afternoon.  Jackson said that a minimum of three pedestrians have been struck by cars at that same intersection in Milledgeville in the past two years, despite updated crosswalk signals and countdowns that were added to the location last fall.  According to Justin Gaines of the GC&SU Police Department, one of the attempts the university will make to encourage safer traveling is passing out information to students regarding pedestrian accidents, which caused 9.2% of all traffic fatalities in 2006 (according to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety).  Although Chloe Jenkins has been released from the Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville where she treated for only minor injuries, the university wants students to know that traveling on foot can be a major risk. 

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