and if Niagara County prosecutors felt it might have applied in the fatal North Tonawanda accident in September involving a woman struck by a motorist at a cross walk in a store parking lot.

But while individual human behavior is difficult to control, parking lots can be redesigned to significantly improve pedestrian safety, according to analysis from the Robson Forensic civil ...

Area schools were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure after a suspicious person was reported walking through the parking lot of the First Church of God at 2627 Niles Ave. Tuesday morning.