“The child died as a result of a traffic accident,” the Zurich city police said in a brief statement on Wednesday.
Like a father, it’s suffocating. I know Escher-Wiess-Platz well. The ruthless force of tram tracks and streets where drivers step on the gas because they are about to exit onto the A1.
I went to school there myself, but when I was a teenager. The deceased boy was only five years old. Why does a kindergarten teacher have to cross this transition? I can’t get this thought out of my head. I’ll answer my own question: failed gentrification!
In the former industrial area of Zurich, residential towers are being built on the site of abandoned factories. Tram depots are being converted into residential areas. It’s all good, there are few apartments in the city.
Unfortunately, the politicians forgot to adapt the school and traffic conditions to the people.
It is unacceptable for children to cross busy roads on their way to kindergarten or home in the afternoon. A few years ago, the existing underground passage was dismantled here.
I inspected the crash site on Thursday on my way home. A frail island of transport, on which stands a thick concrete bridge support, further blocking the view. Inhuman traffic management!
I wish my parents strength.
Thomas “bo” Benko
Source: Blick
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