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A Saskatoon man continues to lobby city council for changes to intersection safety, almost two years after his wife was struck and killed by a concrete truck while cycling with their two kids.
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Natasha Fox was 33 years old when she was hit by a truck at the intersection of College Drive and Wiggins Avenue on May 24, 2023. Her husband Tod Fox has been steadfast in fighting for improved safety measures at three intersections within the city.
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“Natasha died almost two years ago, and they say it gets easier with time,” Fox said in a letter to the transportation committee. “Let me tell you something — in my experience that is a lie. It hasn’t gotten easier. I am still angry. I am still in pain. Every day, I wake up to the crushing reality that she is gone. She was taken from me, and her death could have been prevented.”
Fox was speaking to committee Tuesday, but posted his speech online before the meeting.
“We asked for the city to fix just three intersections, three. Not thirty, not three hundred, three, three intersections that we know are dangerous.”
A report on the findings from a safety audit at the intersection of College Drive and Wiggins Avenue was discussed by city council last year.
City staff advised council to adopt 11 of 14 recommendations from the audit, none of which included specific cycling infrastructure at the intersection, except widening of a shared-use pathway on the north side of College Avenue. Those 11 recommendations were passed.
Fox asked in his speech if even one intersection has been fixed.
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