Following a crash on his property, the owner of Mark’s Outing in San Antonio is asking the city for help “before someone gets killed.”

Mark Outing, the owner of the beloved Eastside restaurant is speaking out in a video posted to social media after what he said is now the eighth crash that has happened at the intersection near his burger joint at East Commerce and Pine Streets. In the video, which was posted on Saturday, May 9, Outing said he arrived at the restaurant to find his fence torn down. He walked around the wreckage before showing a picture of a vehicle allegedly involved in the crash. 

“I’ve been talking to the city about East Commerce and Pine for years now, and I keep telling them we need to get a stoplight,” outing says in the video, before pointing at the damage to the fence on the property. “My hope and prayer is those that were in the accident is okay.”

Outing said he spoke to a woman that morning who said her son was involved in the crash, was in the hospital and may need surgery. He added that she said at least four or five people may have been involved in the crash. “I’m just calling out our District 2 reps and those that supposed to represent this side of town, that they would look at that from a real standpoint and really, really consider that we need a stoplight here,” Outing said. He then mentioned the presence of kids waiting in the area after school from nearby IDEA Carver, which is more reason for wanting the stoplight. 

“This is just a total disaster,” he said. “When I reach out [to officials] they are always saying ‘it’s showing no records of accidents here,’ but we need something to take place.” 

Outing then concluded the video by asking folks to share the video and reach out to their district representatives about getting the stoplight “before someone gets killed on this corner of Commerce and North Pine.” MySA reached out the Outing about the video and what he hopes can come from it.

“My hope is that this helps bring awareness to the ongoing safety concerns at Commerce & Pine,” Outing told MySA. “We’re thankful no lives were lost and hope this encourages the city to look into additional traffic safety measures for the area.” 

MySA has reached out to the city for comment, but did not hear back at time of publication.