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SOME AREA KIDS WILL BE
GETTING THEIR EXERCISE THIS
MORNING. AND DRIVERS WILL
NEED TO BE CAREFUL, ESPECIALLY
IN SCHOOL ZONES. BROOKE
MOORE IS LIVE IN KETTERING TO
EXPLAIN IN THIS MORNING'S TOP
STORY.
WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE
GREENMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
KETTERING. IN A MATTER OF
HOURS THESE SIDEWALKS WILL BE
FILLED WITH STUDENTS AND
PARENTS WHO WILL BE TREKKING
TO CLASS TODAY-- IT'S ALL
APART OF INTERNATIONAL WALK TO
SCHOOL DAY. MORE THAN ONE
THOUSAND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WILL BE HITTING THE
PAVEMENT IN HONOR OF TODAY'S
EVENT-- INCLUDING SEVERAL
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE MIAMI
VALLEY. THE GOAL IS TO HELP
CREATE A SAFER WALKING
ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN.
THIS MORNING, SAFE KIDS
GREATER DAYTON IS IS TEAMING
UP WITH DAYTON CHILDREN'S
MEDICAL CENTER, AND HUNDREDS
OF FEDEX VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE
CHILDREN A LESSON IN
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WHILE THE
NUMBER OF CHILD PEDESTRIANS
INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES IS
DECREASING IN THE UNITED
STATES, THERE ARE STILL A
STAGGERING NUMBER OF CHILDREN
HIT BY CARS.
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES ARE
ACTUALLY THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH IN CHILDREN AGES 3 TO
14, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS.
MORE THAN 61 CHILDREN ARE
INJURED EVERY DAY-- SEVERELY
ENOUGH TO NEED MEDICAL
ATTENTION. AND MORE THAN
500 CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN
TRAFFIC INJURIES EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS THE 13TH YEAR THE
SAFE KIDS ORGANIZATION HAS
HELPED KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL.
THE VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING TO BE
POINTING OUT DANGEROUS
INTERSECTIONS, STREETS THAT
NEED SIDEWALKS, AND PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIT
AND/OR ALMOST HURT BY VEHICLES.
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
MORE CROWDED CROSS-WALKS IF
YOU'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL THIS
MORNING. REPORTING LIVE I'M
BROOKE MOORE-- 2 NEWS TODAY.
YOU'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL THIS