HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – The Hampton Police Division responded to a two-vehicle crash in a residential area Friday.
An afternoon on the front porch sipping lemonade sounds ideal but what if the traffic outside your home is so dangerous you’re afraid to even sit on your front porch? That’s what residents have to say about the intersection of Shell Road and Greenbriar Avenue in Hampton.
A surveillance camera was rolling Friday when two cars collided. Two days later, there was another collision at the intersection next to Charlene Thompson’s home. Thompson showed 10 On Your Side pictures from the aftermath of Sunday’s crash.
“Here is a vehicle that has a man, a 4-month pregnant woman, and a 4-year-old child in the vehicle. They were hit right there because another vehicle, a truck, ran through the stop sign. They knocked over the stop sign that is sitting there in my yard,” Thompson said.
During the three years the Thompsons have lived in a stylish home at the intersection, they say eight accidents have occurred at the intersection. Frustrated after waiting on city hall for improvements, the Thompsons installed barriers but most of them were destroyed in Sunday’s crash.
“Once they got knocked down, they got picked up in thrown away because it has to be redone,” said Thompson.
The Thompson’s are afraid to allow their grandson to toss a football in the front yard and they are also afraid to sit on the front porch.
“How many more accidents or fatalities do we need before the stop sign is replaced? So 10:30 Sunday night, a man came out from the City of Hampton and placed that stop sign back in place.
A WAVY 10 viewer sent a video of the crash, showing one of the vehicles blowing through a stop sign leading up to the crash.
Councilman Steven Brown told 10 On Your Side the Public Works Department is studying ways to mitigate dangers in the neighborhood. The Thompsons say they will take their safety concerns to the entire city council on Wednesday night.
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