Burlington to Hold Road Victims Remembrance Honoring Seven Killed, Including a 16-Year-Old Cyclist
Burlington, Vermont, will hold a remembrance for road traffic victims at 3 p.m. on Nov. 13 at 645 Pine Street, honoring seven people killed on the state's roads over the past year, including 16-year-old Shiloh Skalka. Skalka was struck and killed by a pickup truck on July 16 while crossing on an e-bike at the corner of Pine and Locust streets; her father, Christian Skalka, will speak at the event. The gathering is organized by Local Motion, a walking and cycling advocacy group, just before the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, observed on the third Sunday of November. Organizers will display white-painted shoes and bicycles, signs bearing the victims' names, and candles. The group says 7 people have been killed and 139 injured on Vermont roads since last Nov. 1. State data show 11 fatal pedestrian crashes and one fatal cyclist crash in Vermont in 2025, compared with six pedestrian and two cyclist deaths in 2024. Four pedestrians have died so far this year, including Todd Ward, 54, struck on Shelburne Road in South Burlington on Sept. 15.
(Source: Burlington Free Press)
Source: Burlington Free Press
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