Just months after a deadly crash on the South Side, a family is now forced to go through the holiday season without a mother.

After months of reporting and community pressure, change has come to one Southeast Side road.

Two new pedestrian-safety enhancements have been implemented on one stretch of Southeast Military Drive, a section that neighbors repeatedly told KSAT was dangerous.

In the last month, two people died while trying to cross Southeast Military Drive between Old Corpus Christi Highway and South Presa.

Jeanette Espitia and her unborn son died after being hit while trying to cross Southeast Military Drive.