WARREN — Warren police are trying to curb a disturbing trend they’re seeing in the city — an increased number of crashes resulting in serious injury or death to pedestrians.

So far in 2025, the department has seen 14 pedestrians hit, with 11 seriously injured and three deaths. In all of 2024, there were 11 pedestrians hit, with nine seriously injured and two deaths.

Warren Police Detective Cpl. Matthew Accivatti defined a serious injury as an incapacitating injury or death.

“Even if they’re not fatal, a lot of these people are in the hospital for an extended period of time and not able to go further with their life as they were before,” he said.

The call for action comes following an incident that left a 49-year-old woman dead after being hit by a vehicle near the intersection of Van D

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