'I'm angry and terribly sad,' says brother of woman killed on Parc Ave.
Vito Nardo doesn't blame the truck driver, says intersection where Barbara Nardo-Morandi was killed is unsafe
Vito Nardo is heartbroken after his best friend and sister, Barbara Nardo-Morandi, was hit by a truck and killed at the intersection of Parc Avenue and Bernard Street Tuesday.
He lived in an apartment above her, and the two would talk, go out together and share meals together regularly.
When he heard two pedestrians had been hit at the intersection he feared one of them might be his sister. When he got home, he said police were there to break the news.
"I'm angry and terribly sad," Nardo said.
He thinks the intersection is a problem.
"I've seen people driving: They just press on the gas. They get to the corner, and if there's nobody, they just keep on going."
He said something needs to be done to give pedestrians more time to cross Parc Avenue.
Nardo doesn't blame the truck driver for hitting his sister, since he believes she was jaywalking at the time she was hit.
Since the fatal collision Tuesday, police have been at the intersection handing out tickets to pedestrians who try to cross illegally.
Police Insp. André Durocher said they will be there for three days there to educate the public about safety.
Montreal city councillor Aref Salem, the executive committee member responsible for transportation, said the Coderre administration has already done a lot to improve safety at the intersection.
He said they installed pedestrian lights and green arrows for drivers to ensure pedestrians have priority.
with files from Emily Brass