TALLAHASSEE, Fla. โ Legislation proposed after a 12-year-old Satellite Beach girl was killed as she used a crosswalk passed another vote Tuesday in Tallahassee, taking one step closer to becoming law.
Sophia Nelson was crossing at State Road A1A and Ellwood Avenue on Dec. 22, 2019 when she was struck by a vehicle, according to a Satellite Beach police report.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, and Sen. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, filed House Bill 1371, known as the Sophia Nelson Pedestrian Safety Act.
Named after a Satellite Beach girl killed crossing A1A, โThe Sofia Nelson Pedestrian Safety Actโ passes a legislature meeting.
@VoteRandyFine wants midblock crosswalks to have flashing lights changed from yellow to red or to remove the yellow lights.