17, 2020 when a UPMC shuttle bus hit and killed her.Ībout 25 Pittsburghers die every year traveling city streets, according to BikePgh Advocacy Manager Seth Bush. Air Force veteran and volunteer, was walking in Oakland for a dentist appointment on Sept. The group staged the Terrace Street vigil with BikePgh, a similarly minded nonprofit group boasting some 3,000 members.Īt least one other pedestrian has been killed in recent years at the intersection where Watson died. O’Grady was joined by many members of Complete Streets at Pitt, a student group formed in 2022 that advocates for better pedestrian and bicyclist safety. “An area where speed is too high and visibility is too poor? It’s a recipe for disaster.” “I come through here every morning - I see people going to work, going to school,” said O’Grady, 18, a civil engineering major who grew up in Monroeville and lives on Pitt’s Oakland campus. The Pitt freshman attends engineering class nearby. Peter O’Grady, who attended Wednesday’s vigil, knows the dangers of walking on Terrace Street, near the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center. Two pedestrian safety groups joined a crowd of mourners in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon to pay tribute to Watson’s memory - and to call on city planners and other stakeholders to do more to protect those who walk and bike in Pittsburgh. Bystanders performed CPR and first responders rushed Watson to an area hospital, where she later died. As she crossed Terrace Street, a UPMC shuttle bus hit her, knocking her unconscious. Watson was walking within feet of the hospital where she worked at about 9:25 a.m. Emily Watson read books voraciously, exercised each day at the gym, and drove frequently to Presque Isle Beach, where she liked to watch the sun set over Lake Erie and reflect.Ī Pittsburgher and Point Park University alumna, Watson supervised the transport department at UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Oakland and adored her two “Veggie Kitties” - cats named Zucchini and Tomato.
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