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Elite runner's close call inspires road HEALTH

safety campaign DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Tel. 527 4000
Elite marathoner Kaitlin
Goodman's mantra is "run San Nicolas
joyfully," but when a dis- IMSAN 24 Hours
tracted driver forced her Tel.524 8833
to leap to safety, it didn't Women in Difficulties
spark joy — it tore her ham- PHARMACY ON DUTY
string and nearly dashed Oranjestad:
her Olympic dreams. Eagle Tel. 587 9011
Bruised, bloodied and be- San Nicolas:
Aloe Tel. 584 4606
wildered, Goodman chan- Women in Difficulties
neled her anger into "Safe OTHER
on the Road," a campaign Dental Clinic 587 9850
she launched last week to A man pushes a child in a stroller past a sign urging drivers to Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
help pedestrians and mo- share the road with runners, walkers and cyclists in Providence, Urgent Care 586 0448
torists coexist on the na- R.I., on Oct. 30, 2019. Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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"You hear too many stories EMERGENCY
like mine," said Goodman, phone." said. "My running will never
32, who will be in the elite "We need to create an en- be the same. But it could Police 100
women's field for Sunday's vironment where everyone have been even worse." Oranjestad 527 3140
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Noord
New York City Marathon — makes it home alive," she Although she can no lon- Sta. Cruz 527 2900
a race she missed last year said. ger run 100 miles a week San Nicolas 584 5000
after her injury sidelined her Goodman hopes her per- or even endure a long car Police Tipline 11141
for three months. sonal experience will serve ride without discomfort, Ambulancia 911
The National Highway Traf- as a cautionary tale that a she's still hoping to make Fire Dept. 115
fic Safety Administration fatal or life-altering tangle the U.S. team for the 2020 Red Cross 582 2219
says pedestrian fatalities with a vehicle can happen Tokyo Olympics in the mar- TAXI SERVICES
declined slightly in 2017, to anyone at any time. athon, where her personal Taxi Tas 587 5900
the most recent year for She was trotting down a best is 2 hours 32 minutes, Prof. Taxi 588 0035
which figures are avail- city street she said she's or the 10,000 meters, which Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
able. But at 5,977 deaths, run more than a thousand she's run in 31:55. Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
the carnage is still consider- times when the driver — The campaign born of her A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
able, and it doesn't include head down — nearly struck ordeal is designed to en- Women in Difficulties
the thousands who survive her in August 2018 not far courage runners, walkers TRAVEL INFO
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dure chronic pain. dence's leafy East Side. ingful action at the local American Airlines 582 2700
Runners, walkers and cy- Goodman had just signed level. That could mean Avianca 588 0059
clists are killed with alarm- professional contracts with chatting with a city council- Jet Blue 588 2244
ing regularity in many U.S. Adidas and the Boston Ath- or, putting up a "Drive Like Surinam 582 7896
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where traffic is heavy and "in the shape of my life" lawn sign, or conducting a Women in Difficulties
bike or pedestrian lanes when she suffered the in- street assessment to iden- CRUISES
are few. jury. tify design flaws and places
In August, a suburban Bos- "For me, it was absolutely where speed humps might
ton hit-and-run driver was devastating," Goodman slow drivers down.q
arrested in an accident
that killed an avid runner
whose body was found November 1
on a neighbor's lawn. And Carnival Freedom
November 2
"ghost bike" ceremonies, in Zuiderdam
which bicycles are painted Women in Difficulties
white and placed near AID FOUNDATIONS
where a cyclist has died,
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"We've built a country that Alcoholics Anonymous
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in their cars," said the Rev. Tel. 583 8989
Laura Everett, who com- Women in Difficulties
mutes by bike to her job as Tel. 583 5400
executive director of the Centre for Diabetes
Massachusetts Council of Tel. 524 8888
Churches. Child Abuse Prevention
Bike lanes are helpful, Ever- Tel. 582 4433
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