Florida woman seeks road safety changes after dog killed on Christmas

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. —

In Lehigh Acres, a woman is advocating for road safety changes after she says her dog, Kahloni, was hit and killed by a speeding driver on Christmas afternoon outside her home on Roosevelt Avenue and 6th Street East.

"I just remember a man came knocking at my door with some other people, and he said, 'Your dog was hit.' I said, 'What?' Then I looked and I seen her laying," Linda Herring said. "I was crying, I was trying to get her alive again. I had her for 10 years, she was my baby. I'm 76. She slept with me every night and I'm all alone in the house."

Herring said a neighbor rushed to inform her that they witnessed the driver hitting Kahloni and then drive away. Herring believes Kahloni may have run out the back door.

"The traffic in Lehigh, it's getting really bad. They just speed all the time. I don't understand it. You're going — you have to stop right here. Why are you speeding?" Herring said.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has been contacted regarding the incident, and a response is awaited.

Many residents in Lehigh Acres have expressed the need for changes not only to the roads but also to the way people drive.

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