"It's almost like science fiction," Gerry Goldberg's cousin said
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- A man has died after a car crash at a Colorado intersection on March 2
- The victim, 82-year-old Gerry Goldberg, died nearly two years after his wife was killed when she was hit by a car at the same intersection
- Gerry and other community members filed a petition in November 2025 to erect a traffic light at the intersection
A man whose wife died after she was hit by a car at a Colorado intersection was killed in a crash at the same crossing nearly two years later.
Police said the crash occurred at the intersection of East Belleview Avenue and South Franklin Street in Cherry Hills on Monday, March 2, according to ABC affiliate KMGH and NBC affiliate KUSA.
A man was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-car collision. He has been identified as 82-year-old Gerry Goldberg, KUSA reported.
The fatal crash occurred after Gerry’s wife, Andie Goldberg, died at the same intersection after she was hit by a car while jogging in May 2024.
In November 2025, Gerry and a community group known as Andie’s Light launched a petition to add a traffic light to the intersection.
“We want the City Councils of Cherry Hills Village and Greenwood Village to approve and fund the installation of a traffic light at this intersection as soon as practicably possible,” the group said in the petition.
Speaking with KUSA in the fall of 2025, Gerry said installing the traffic light “would give me a great deal of resolve for closure in the loss of my wife.”
Now, his cousin Gloria, whom Gerry was supposed to meet for lunch the day of his death, is trying to make sense of the tragedy.
“I don’t know what to tell you about that, whether it’s a spiritual thing or exactly just what happened because to have it happen in exactly the same place to me it’s just — it’s almost like science fiction,” Gloria said.
A light still has not been erected at the intersection, which sits along a jurisdictional boundary between Cherry Hills and Greenwood Villages, according to KUSA.
"We are in the first stage of grief and our focus has been on supporting each other," Jerry Presley, a member of Andie's Light, tells PEOPLE. "We will resume our political campaign sometime in the future."
Greenwood Village spokeswoman Megan Copenhaver said the two cities are evaluating a proposal for the street light, which has support from the Colorado Department of Transportation, KUSA reported.
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In a statement obtained by PEOPLE, the Cherry Hills Village City Council said it “was planning to discuss conducting an updated warrant study at the March 17 City Council meeting.”
Since then, the council said it has “directed staff to expedite that effort” and “coordinate with Greenwood Village staff to review the situation collaboratively and identify possible next steps” for the project.
“The City remains committed to carefully evaluating all available data and working with regional partners to promote the safety and well-being of our community,” the council said. “We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.”
Greenwood Village officials did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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