NYC parents push for safer streets after losing children to traffic deaths

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Several parents who lost a child due to traffic violence testified during a New York City Council hearing on street safety Tuesday.

Priscilla Afokoba spoke about her 10-year-old daughter Davina. Davina was struck and killed last February by an out-of-control driver who was behind the wheel with just a learner's permit. 

"Her life was just cut short, and everybody moves on like nothing ever happened," Afokoba said. "She had so much to do."

During the City Council hearing, Afokoba said her daughter's death was "something that would have been averted if safety rules were put in place." Council member Selvena Brooks-Powers explained "a record number of children were killed last year by traffic violence."