After months of reporting and community pressure, change has come to one Southeast Side road.

Neighbors have told KSAT repeatedly about safety concerns on Southeast Military Drive between Old Corpus Christi Road and South Presa Street. Just three months ago, two people, including a pregnant woman, were hit and killed while trying to cross the street.

Now, the city and VIA have completed improvements.

“We did it,” Jesse Espitia said. “I’m really thrilled that after almost three months since my sister passed, we finally got better safety measures out here with pedestrians.”

Jeanette Espitia and her unborn child, Jai Jai, died after trying to cross Southeast Military Drive at the end of August. She was eight months pregnant when she was hit and killed, and she left behind three kids.

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