State senator Reginald Thomas of Lexington, a Democrat and the minority caucus chair, introduced a bill earlier this year that would have established fines for motorists crossing intersections with cameras under a red light. Traffic safety advocates and some city leaders have been promoting state legislation allowing local governments to set up speed safety and red light cameras, which they say would help reduce traffic injuries and fatalities. It's unsustainable and inequitable,” Yates said. “I think more and more people are realizing that our transportation system is dangerous. She also manages Vision Zero Louisville, an initiative to improve local traffic safety. The event was part of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.Ĭlaire Yates is a city transportation planner who helped organize Sunday’s event, the city’s first annual commemoration for the day of remembrance. Sunday’s fatal crash occurred just hours before city officials co-hosted a gathering at Iroquois Park to honor victims of traffic collisions. Ellis did not identify the driver, and no charges have been announced. On Monday, LPMD spokesperson Aaron Ellis said the department’s traffic unit was still investigating the incident. The coroner’s office attributed her death to blunt force trauma and labeled it an accident. Mitchell said Pruitt was pronounced dead at the scene and that the driver was present when police arrived. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim Monday as Pamela Renee Pruitt, a 44-year-old African American woman and Louisville resident.ĭwight Mitchell, an LMPD spokesperson, said Sunday that a driver struck Pruitt while she was crossing the 5100 block of Fegenbush Lane at around 5:30 a.m. A motorist struck and killed a pedestrian near GE Appliance Park early Sunday morning, according to Louisville officials.
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