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Leong: We share our streets — and the responsibility to keep them safe

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In separate incidents over the last week , one person was killed and another maimed in Calgary .

In one case, police say failure to obey a stop sign was being investigated as the reason behind a fatal crash involving a 17-year-old girl in northeast Calgary ’s Pineridge neighbourhood.

In the other, an 18-year old woman was distracted by her phone while crossing an intersection in the East Village when she got clipped by a garbage truck.

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