Family of 4-year-old hit by Transit Windsor bus encouraging people to sign petition

The family of four-year-old Lila Jane Zuest, who was hit by a City of Windsor transit bus on Saturday night, is petitioning for something to be done about crossing Prince Road to get to Mic Mac Park.

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Lila's aunt, Courtney Belanger, says her niece, who is from British Columbia, is in critical condition but remains stable in a hospital in London.

But Belanger says she wants to make sure this doesn't have to happen to another child.

"I want to see kids cross the streets safely, I don't want kids to feel like they have to race against traffic in hopes they make it across," said Belanger, standing at the intersection of Barrymore Lane and Price Road, where the incident happened.

She is petitioning for the city to install a crosswalk, lower the speed limit or put up more signage. Belanger says vehicles travel way too fast on a road where people are trying to cross.

The petition has more than 1,500 signatures. The goal is set at 2,000.

Ward 2 councillor John Elliott says he is going to put something before council.

"Now is the time to work with the city and administration to see what we can come up with," he said.

As for four-year-old Lila, her aunt says she is a "fighter," but something "has to change."

"Sometimes it takes a community to raise a child or keep a child safe, so that is what we are going to do here," said Belanger.