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Burlingame Mourns 4-Year-Old Ayden Fang, Turns Grief Into Push for Safer Streets

The family used a Sunday vigil to launch a drive for pedestrian-safety improvements.

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Overview

  • About 300 people gathered Sunday in Burlingame to honor Ayden Fang, who was killed Aug. 8 when a car went onto the sidewalk and into Truffle Poké Bar.
  • CBS reports the car accelerated after contact with an e-bike as it exited a parking lot, and KRON4 notes another child was injured in the crash.
  • Truffle Poké Bar plans to reopen Wednesday with a fundraiser, with proceeds directed to pedestrian-safety initiatives in Burlingame.
  • Ayden’s father, Ming Fang, said a Lego tower his son built with a safety symbol is motivating the family’s advocacy for safer streets.
  • Speakers remembered Ayden as a gifted preschooler, and mourners observed a four-and-a-half–minute silence to mark his four-and-a-half years of life.