Hispanic Walkers Have High Death Rate

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ATLANTA - Eriberta Mota crossed the unlit, four-lane highway with her two little boys so she could call home to Mexico from a nearby business. As the family crossed back with Mota cradling her 18- month-old and grasping her 3-year-old's arm, a car slammed into them, killing the older boy and fracturing the skull of the younger.

This scene played out on a recent evening in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, but such tragedies have become all too common across the South.

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Hispanic Walkers Have High Death Rate

Since many of the new Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries have limited access to vehicles or public transportation, they walk where they need to go. At the same time, pedestrian infrastructure in the South is often lacking, officials say.

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