petition<\/a> to install speed bumps in the area where her brother was hit and it has already gathered more than 600 signatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe was just trying to make it to school, and for whatever reason, it happened, but I think a big part of it is if there was a sidewalk all the way down, he wouldn\u2019t have to cross the street to get where he needs to go,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Runyon is confident this will change things for the better, and she hopes people understand the kind soul that her brother is and the impact he\u2019s left not just on her, but every single person he\u2019s met. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI could have never imagined how many people would have come and how many people loved him and cared for him, and how many people miss him and how upset it has made this community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The driver who hit Clabough was later located and arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clabough was the third person to be killed in a hit-and-run crash in Polk County within a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This isn\u2019t the first time Clabough\u2019s family has faced tragedy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father was killed about three-and-a-half years ago by a drunk driver while standing at a gas station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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