January 5, 2026

By Mary Beth Gahan

FLOWER MOUND, Texas — The town council will go into a closed meeting Monday night to discuss with the town attorney a claim related to “an incident at the intersection of Valley Ridge Boulevard and Browning Drive,” according to the agenda.

Council members have received several emails in recent weeks regarding safety concerns residents have about the intersection where a Marcus High School student was struck and killed last month. Parents of other students want the town to make signage and paint line changes to accommodate children walking to and from school.

On Dec. 2, 14-year-old Isha Mishra was killed after she crossed the street and was struck by a truck, according to police. The driver of the truck, a 60-year-old Lewisville resident, stayed at the scene. Police have not said which street Mishra was crossing or what happened after the truck stopped at a stop sign.

Mishra was a ninth grader at Marcus High School.

About a quarter-mile away from the high school, the two streets form a t-intersection and all directions have a stop sign. There are neighborhoods on all sides.

The emails sent to council members have asked the town to make changes to “prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening again.” The messages are identical but sent from about 10 different parents.

There have been several crashes in recent years.

During peak hours — school drop-off and pickup — the intersection gets backed up and drivers making turns from Browning Drive often double-up side by side in the southbound lane, which is set up for one car at a time.

In 1999, the town council approved a master plan amendment for the developers of Garden Parks Estates to change Browning Drive south to Valley Ridge Boulevard and change the thoroughfare plan from minor arterial - a four-lane street that is 48 feet wide — to urban collector — a two-lane street that spans 36 feet wide.

On Browning, the stop sign is between the sidewalk and the intersection. The painted vehicle stop line, indicating where a car should stop, is in the middle of the walkway where a crosswalk would be painted if there was one. At other neighborhoods in the town, stop signs are placed before the sidewalk, giving pedestrians space to walk in front of cars.

There is also a hill just to the west of Browning Drive that can impede the view of drivers. A flashing overhead sign alerts eastbound drivers to an upcoming stop sign on the other side of the hill.

Residents are not asking for a traffic light, the email said, but a “renewed safety evaluation.”

“Specifically, we are requesting consideration of: Installation of a pedestrian-activated assistive lighting system to alert drivers when pedestrians are present in the crosswalk,” the email said.

They also asked for the “addition of a high-visibility painted crosswalk, with vehicle stop lines set farther back to improve driver sightlines and pedestrian visibility.”

The town council meeting starts at 5 p.m. 

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