Deadly crashes involving pedestrians on the rise

The Columbus Division of Police said the percentage of fatal traffic crashes involving pedestrians is on the rise.Sgt. Brooke Wilson said pedestrian fatalities occur most frequently on arterial roads like Broad Street, Morse Road, and Livingston Avenue where vehicles are reaching speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour.Sgt. Wilson said between 2011 and 2015, the percentage of deadly traffic crashes in Columbus involving pedestrians averaged 20 percent.In 2016, that number spiked to 36 percent.It f