A memorial at the intersection of Longview Road and Food Lane serves as a reminder that last week a nine-year-old girl died there. Two grandparents stepped up to make sure that doesnt happen again.
See, shes not even looking, says Jorge De Lara as he crosses the intersection. If we werent here, she wouldnt have stopped.
Over the past few days, Jorge has spent hours at the intersection where Hazen Workman-Duffy lost her life. De Lara reached out to KSHB 41 in an Instagram message to share his initiative.
Just couldnt sleep that night knowing what happened," he said. "I woke up the next morning and said, Well, Im going to go do it.
He has three grandchildren who go to Ingels Elementary School, the same school Hazen attended.
Reminders of that tragedy remain in a memorial created in her

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