New traffic light operating at intersection where college rower died

At the Merrill Barber Bridge, there’s a new traffic light where it ends on the mainland at Indian River Boulevard in Vero Beach.

It’s a different kind of light.

IN VERO BEACH WILL NOTICE THECHANGE MEANT TO KEEP THEMSAFE.

IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH -A STAR COLLEGE ATHLETE WASKILLED A VAN CRASH.

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5SHOWS YOU THE CHANGES.< (PKG) AT THE MERRILL BARBERBRIDGE, THERELIGHT WHERE IT ENDS ON THEMAINLAND AT INDIAN RIVERBOULEVARD.

ITKIND OF LIGHT.

(:7 (COVER)“THEN TURNS INTO A FLASHINGYELLOW.

ALLOWS TRAFFIC TOPROCEED WITH CAUTION TO GOOVER THE BRIDGE”) VERO BEACHLT.

MATT HARRELSON GOES BACKTO THIS INTERSECTION ON THEMORNING OF JANUARY 15TH& (:4“I HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THEFIRST PEOPLE ON SCENE TO SEEWHAT HAPPENED”) A HORRIBLETWO VEHICLE CRASH.

(:3“THEDAMAGE CAUSED TO THE VEHICLESAND OBVIOUSLY THE MAJORINJURIES TO THE GIRLS”) 20YEAR-OLD GRACE RETT, A ROWERWITH THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLYCROSS WA KILLED.

INITIALREPORT SHOWED THE ROWING COACHBEHIND THE WHEEL, PATRICKDIGGINS, WAS TURNING ON TO THEBRIDGE AND PULLED INTO THEPATH OF A TRUCK/ WHILE THEFINAL REPORT IS DUE ANY DAY,THE COLLEGE ANNOUNCED LASTFRIDAY THAT DIGGINS HADRETIRED.“WHEN I SAY ITDANGEROUS& ITLOGISTICS..

YOU HAVE THAT MANYCARS GOING THROUGH THEINTERSECTION YOUHAVE MORE CRASHES”)“THE NEWTRAFFIC SIGNAL IS ONE OF AHANDFUL OF NEW SAFETY MEASURESTARGETING TRAFFIC ALONG INDIANRIVER BOULEVARD”) ( :8 LT.MATT HARRELSON/VERO BEACH PD“WEREST OF THE WEEK AND POSSIBLYINTO NEXT WEEK LOOK AT SOMENUMBERS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENSAT THE INTERSECTION TO ENFORCETHIS LIGHT”) WHILE OFFICERSSAY THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFICDOESNIT IS SOMETHING ELSE POLICEWILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR&BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEYWANT DRIVERS TO LOOK AT THENEW LIGHT.

(:10 HARRELSON“FORUS AS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ITTO COME FULL CIRCLE TO MAKECHANGES.

IN OUR OPINION, WITHENFORCEMENT AND CHANGES TOINTERSECTION WITH LIGHTING.BEST CASE SCENARIO IS NO ONEEVER DIES OR GETS HURT ATINTERSECTION EVER AGAIN”) INVB, JS WPTV