An Omaha mother wants the city to build a pedestrian overpass at the intersection where her 13-year-old son was fatally injured.

Jennah Chase told television station KETV that she wakes up every day with a mission to ensure that no other child dies at the busy west Omaha intersection.

Jeremiah “J.T.” Butrick-Chase was hit by a car on Sept. 21 as he was headed to school.

But the city of Omaha so far has rejected her request.

City engineer Todd Pfitzer says statistics don’t indicate such overpasses make it safer for pedestrians. In fact, he says, statistics show the overpasses made it more dangerous, because drivers stop watching for pedestrians who might not be using the overpasses.

Chase is raising money to continue her fight for a safer intersection.