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Call to ban market cars after girl hit Kate Russell Reporter
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The public and stall-holders want the council to make the Nelson Market traffic-free after a child was hit by a car there on Saturday morning.
Nelson Weekly understands that the pre-school-aged girl was crossing the raised brick traffic calmer near the walkway through to Trafalgar St, when she was struck by a car. It is believed she was left unscathed, as ambulance and police were not called to the scene and
there is no record of her being taken to hospital. However, regular market-goer Mercia Duncan witnessed the incident and says while the car was not moving fast, the impact was enough to fling the child to the right and onto the road. She believes that a traffic-ban
during market hours is “longoverdue”. “Nelson’s Saturday market is a great drawcard to our CBD but following on from stall-holders setting up early in the morning, there should be no access to motorised vehicles until after 1pm,” she says.
“Yes, it is a car park, but it is a market for people. There are many families there with children. There are elderly folk and visitors not used to cars driving in a market place. “It’s not like crossing Trafalgar St,
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