A pedestrian crossing will be installed near the spot where an elderly couple died in a road accident.

Gladys and Wallace Reed were killed in 2000 as they walked across Church Hill, Ramsey, to their car. They had just left a prayer meeting at St Michael's Church in Ramsey and had been married for 57 years.

The tragedy led to calls for a reduction in the speed limit and for better street lighting.

Now the site is to have a pedestrian crossing to coincide with the building of the Two Village Primary School in the adjoining Mayes Lane.

A spokesman for Essex County Council said: "It is an extensive package of safety measures and we are doing everything we can to make the road as safe as possible."

Published Tuesday, February 15, 2005

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