The calls for action come just days after an 8-year-old girl was killed by a speeding car on Conner Street. Residents said they see drivers speeding down the street everyday and want the city to do something before another child is killed. She was only 16 years old, flying up the street, doing like 80 (miles per hour) up the street,” Hill said. “We need speed bumps and we’ve been needing speed bumps for years,” Hill said. This year alone we are installing more than 1200 speed cushions at 800 locations and are evaluating this stretch of Conner for possible speed cushions in the near future.

DETROIT – A tragedy involved an 8-year-old girl, who was walking on the sidewalk with her mother when a car hit and killed her. Owens is replaying the horrific details of a crash that killed 8-year-old Lauren Johnson Sunday afternoon at about 3:40 p.m. on Conner Street. “She (the driver) was coming from the corner, she almost hit my niece at the corner, came flying. “People fly up and down this street with no regards to life,” said Denice Hinson, who also witnessed the incident. You took an 8-year-old life and nobody can bring that baby back.

Witnesses reported a vehicle speeding in Detroit that hit and killed 8-year-old Lauren Johnson. For more information: https://www.clickondetroit.com/. If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.