Safe streets advocates are remembering those killed by motorists in Albany County.
Holding a vigil in Academy Park in Albany Friday ahead of Sunday’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, members of advocacy groups including the Albany Bicycle Coalition, Walkable Albany, and Capitol Streets joined with local officials and relatives of pedestrians and bicyclists hit and killed in the county in recent years.
Patty Sawyer’s son Roger was struck and killed by an SUV in October 2017 while crossing Washington Avenue on his bike ride to work. She says more needs to be done to hold motorists accountable, adding she wouldn’t wish the pain of losing a loved one in that way on anyone…