PALO ALTO, Calif. (KCBS) -- A new parents organization in Palo Alto wants the city to help in efforts to stop teen suicides at the intersection of Alma Street and West Meadow Drive, where four Gunn High School students have taken their own lives.
Caroline Camhy started "Track Watch Palo Alto", organizing several dozen volunteers to stand watch at the grade crossing to try to prevent more deaths. Now she wants the city to help, for example posting police officers.
"They need to do much more at this intersection," she said. "They need to do more at every intersection."
Linda Millervolunteered to be at the intersection on Saturday.:
"I work in a psychiatry department locally," she said. "I had a couple of teens come in who were thinking about coming to this railroad track and jumping in front of a train."
Mountain Mike's Pizza is offering food to the volunteers. The site has new fencing and a sign reading "There is Help-- 1-800-Suicide."
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