QUEENS (WABC) — Queens residents are calling for action after several accidents happened along a particular stretch of road in a residential area.<\/p>\n
People were injured, property was damaged and now neighbors are upset.<\/p>\n
Video shows a speeding SUV rocketing down a narrow residential road, slamming into several parked cars and then rolling over and flipping upside down.<\/p>\n
Another angle shows the SUV blast through a stop sign.<\/p>\n
A third angle shows the driver never hitting the brakes.<\/p>\n
“Boom! I heard a little boom and then a bigger boom,” a resident said.<\/p>\n
“And the three passengers that came in the car that caused all this mess, all this accident, they crawled out of the car,” another said.<\/p>\n
Video shows people inside crawling out of the SUV, somehow unscathed.<\/p>\n
Residents in Richmond Hill say 107th Street and 86th Avenue is notorious for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n
This neighbor says that 2 years ago, her 8-year-old was hit as they were crossing the street.<\/p>\n
“She ran over his toes and his foot and right now we’re suffering from after effects of not being able to walk long distances. It’s very hard for him to play sports or even go out for a long day,” Soniya Chaitram said.<\/p>\n
Another neighbor say he was holding his toddler when he was hit by a car in February as he was crossing.<\/p>\n
“Herniated disc in my back and my neck and torn meniscus in my knee because of it,” Ed Harley said. “I’m the primary caregiver of my almost 3-year-old toddler and I can’t pick her up. I can’t lift her.”<\/p>\n
Residents say for years they have been pleading with the city and DOT, but are hitting roadblocks at every turn.<\/p>\n
“We’ve either been ignored or placated or not given a valid solution,” Sandra Drozd said.<\/p>\n
“There’s no response. There’s no accountability. I can tell you that everybody here has applied for a speed bump, a stop sign. Not just on this street. On the next ten streets. Denied denied denied with no explanation,” Kristal Rivera said.<\/p>\n
According to city statistics, in the past 5 years, at least 13 people have been injured at this intersection.<\/p>\n
About half of them were pedestrians.<\/p>\n
The DOT is currently reviewing requests for speed controls at this intersection.<\/p>\n
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