Camellia was a four-month-old puppy who lived with her owner, Dakota Rambin, along Lake Boulevard in Oceanside, California. She slipped out of the house and onto the road, where a vehicle hit and killed her. Rambin says the driver never stopped.

Rambin had already been worried about this street. He had spoken out about fast drivers near his home, and he kept Camellia in a harness and watched her closely whenever she was outside. Weeks later, she got past a playpen and a gate and made it outdoors before an automatic door could shut. Now Rambin passes the spot where she died every day on his way to and from work.

Camellia’s death is not the first tragedy on Lake Boulevard. Neighbors have complained about speeding there since at least 2010, when a drunk driver struck a young child, Baby Izaiah, and left him permanently disabled. According to Oceanside police, more than 60,000 vehicles use this stretch every week, and most of them go faster than the speed limit.

The City of Oceanside says a current traffic survey backs the 30 mph limit, that the crash rate is below the statewide average, and that it will keep watching the area. For the families who live with this danger every day, watching is not enough.

“So many lives could be saved moving forward if there was something done on this road,” Rambin told ABC 10News.

The Oceanside Police Department should fully investigate the collision that killed Camellia and step up speed enforcement on Lake Boulevard. The Oceanside City Council should approve real traffic-calming measures, such as speed humps, radar speed signs, and safer crossings, and share a public timeline for building them.

Sign the petition to demand answers for Camellia and a safer Lake Boulevard before another child, family, or pet gets hurt.