As people get ready to go on trips for Independence Day weekend, the Indiana County Commissioners and IUP’s Institute for Rural Health and Safety are reminding people to be safe when driving.
(From l to r: Lou Pesci, Director of the IUP Institute for Rural Health and Safety, Sheriff Bob Fyock, Amy Shellhammer, the Community Traffic Safety Project Coordinator from the Institute for Rural Health and Safety, and Indiana County Commissioners Robin Gorman, Sherene Hess and Mike Keith. Photo by Josh Widdowson)
At the Indiana County Courthouse lawn, 49 American flags have been planted in the ground, which represent the number of people who died in motor vehicle crashes in the PennDOT District 10, which is made up of Indiana, Butler, Jefferson, Clarion and Armstrong Counties. Amy Shellhammer, the Community Traffic Safety Project Coordinator from the Institute for Rural Health said that a majority of traffic-related fatalities happen between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
This effort is part of an initiative from the Community Traffic Safety Project that was approved on Wednesday by the Indiana County Commissioners.
