Further to the recently published letter in The Echo regarding the virtually invisible and highly perilous lip at the end of the zebra crossing between Fundies and the Commonwealth Bank: today I witnessed the aftermath of a shocking accident there.
An elderly lady with a walking stick was seated under the fig tree waiting for an ambulance to arrive. She had tripped on the unclear concrete rise (on the Commonwealth Bank side) and had fallen flat on her face. She had a badly broken nose, and was significantly bruised and bleeding.
I have also stumbled at the exact same spot and needed medical assistance to clean and bandage the wound that I sustained to my knee. I am among many who have been injured there.
It was very upsetting to see the trauma and damage to that poor woman’s face. It’s a perilous spot and Council needs to fix it as a top priority before someone is seriously injured – or even killed. Elderly bones fracture easily and it is also possible for anyone to die from falling and whacking their head on cement.
I called Byron Council late today and someone from the Council depot called today and said that repairing the footpath problem would be given top priority. Two possible options were discussed – either removing a tree root or perhaps the entire crosswalk might be raised.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
