Tag: michael weilert

December 19, 2022

Amber Weilert: ‘Nothing can change this reality, but we can change the future’

Amber Weilert’s 13-year-old son Mikey was killed in July while biking in a crosswalk on Pacific Avenue S in Parkland. Since then, she’s been sharing her devastating story in an effort to make changes. She spoke during an event for World Day of Remembrance in November, and last week penned a heartbreaking and powerful piece…
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July 25, 2022

Washington’s streets continue to fail kids like Mikey Weilert

Michael Weilert stopped, pushed the button to make the crosswalk lights start blinking, waited to see that cars were stopping, then rode his bike across busy Pacific Avenue S in Parkland last Tuesday. But even though other people had stopped their cars at the clearly marked crosswalk, a 27-year-old woman drove a Jeep straight through…
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tagged: active transportation plan, deaths, michael weilert, parkland, smart growth america, wsdot