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Safety work to start on path where 7-year-old was killed

April Reeves was killed when she fell from her bike into the road last May Credit: Family

North Somerset Council are to begin work to widen the path alongside a road where a young girl was killed when she fell from her bike.

Seven-year-old April Reeves died along the A371 at Locking near Weston-super-Mare in May 2015 when she was hit by a car. The driver was cleared of any blame.

Earlier this year hundreds of people attended a march campaigning for better road safety in the area.

The council is spending £225,000 to move the path along the A371 away from the roadside where possible. Work is due to start on Monday 14 December.

Hundreds of people marched along the route in April's memory Credit: ITV News