Mother reflects on decade-long effort to get sidewalk built after her son was struck by car

John Rearick was killed in July 2012 while walking along a stretch of New Falls Road in Levittown. No sidewalk and overgrown trees forced John to walk in the median where he was hit from behind. Since John's death, his heartbroken mother Sharon Rearick has spent tireless hours culling support for a sidewalk project, so people can safely walk next to traffic on New Falls Road.

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[questionm]

Shout out to her for waiting patiently while these people who are supposed to protect us on the roads do nothing when someone gets hurt on the street from their bad design. There are so many neighborhoods with no sidewalk access and while it might seem like a simple issue with everything that happens in the world it leads to mindless deaths just so people can get to their 9 to 5's 30 seconds faster.

[hogspit]

i hit a person b4 but i pulled over like u kool jack