'This can't happen again': Calls for changes to Riverside Drive near fatal crash scene

In the wake of the tragic loss of an eight-year-old girl, some nearby residents along Riverside Drive are questioning the general safety of the roadway.

In the wake of the tragic loss of an eight-year-old girl, some nearby residents along Riverside Drive are questioning the general safety of the roadway.

The girl died after a vehicle struck a group of pedestrians on Tuesday around 6:45 p.m. It happened only seconds after the SUV had passed through the intersection of Wonderland Road and Riverside Drive.

At least nine others, many children and members of a Girl Guides of Canada group, were hurt.

While London police say it will take several weeks to complete their investigation, those who live nearby the crash scene say it’s time to make changes.

“It’s a dangerous corner,” says nearby resident Heather Goddard.

Each weekday Goddard walks down the same sidewalk where the eight-year-old girl lost her life.

In her case, it is to catch a bus, “People don’t look. I try to cross and they’re trying to make the right turn when they don’t look. I almost got hit myself one morning.”