Atlanta students demand four-way stop after crash

Clark Atlanta students are fighting for change at an intersection where one of their own died. A car crash on Hank Aaron Drive near Center Park Stadium killed 21-year-old Morgan Gamble back on October the 11th. Fox 5's Larry Spruill joins us from the live desk. Larry, you spoke to students about the initiative. Good evening, Tom. They started a petition to bring safety changes to that intersection on Hank Aaron Drive. It's a very busy area and students tell me something has to change. Man, we are a community that is grieving. Grieving and hurt, says Clark Atlanta University student Caleb Motley. Life has taken a drastic turn. We lost a dear friend, a great confidant, a great person. Motley is talking about his friend, 21-year-old Morgan Gamble. She was killed in a car crash on Hank Aaron Drive and Glen Street October the 11th. Police charged Nikolai Dunford for first-degree homicide by vehicle. Investigators say he was driving too fast in the area before hitting Gamble's car. Currently on that corner, there are two stops. There's one coming from northbound and one coming from southbound. But there's no stoppage coming from east and west. Motley tells me that's why they are fighting for change. They recently started this petition for more safety precautions at the intersection. It has almost 2,000 signatures. I think we would love to see a four-way stop. I don't think a traffic light is necessary because there is a big traffic stop right up right not too far from it but maybe if there's a four-way stop then that kind of eases maybe we even get some speed bumps you know because there's a lot of pedestrians. This is the intersection where that accident happened and students tell me it's very dangerous. I want to show you why they say that if you are right here and you want to make a left-hand turn you can't see traffic coming it's truly about the safety. As for what's next, we're going to continue to get this petition signed, continue to get it pushed. You know, we want to stretch it across the nation. And I also reached out to the Georgia Department of Transportation about this initiative. I have not heard back just yet, but of course, if you want to sign that petition, you can. It's on our website, fox5atlanta.com. We're live at the live desk. I'm Larry Sproul, Fox 5 News. All right, Larry, We'll see if they make that change. Thanks.