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The sculpture appeared to have been erected in the early hours of Wednesday on a plinth on a traffic island in Waterloo Place, near Buckingham Palace.—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 The artwork is positioned on a traffic island in Pall Mall, in Westminster, one of London's most prestigious areas.—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 Cristhian Joel Herrera-Rivera, 29, of Milpitas, died after crashing his 2012 Yamaha into a traffic island near the intersection of Cedar and Stevenson boulevards, according to the Newark Police Department.—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 The flag painted on a mini traffic island in Trafford, England, on Thursday.—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traffic island