SAN ANTONIO – There are calls for change to make San Antonio’s streets safer after Tuesday night’s street racing crash that killed a 12-year-old boy.
The boy was a passenger in one of the cars that was racing down a busy stretch of Culebra Road on the West Side near Alazan Creek. The boy killed was riding in a white Sedan with a 20-year-old driver who was racing a pickup truck, lost control, and slammed into a third car.
District One Councilwoman Sukh Kaur chairs the city’s public safety committee and says more needs to be done.
“We need to do more on educational awareness about the dangers of street racing,” says Kaur.
As the investigation continues into the crash, Kaur is calling for measures to reduce vehicle speeds in certain areas and says it is not just racing that is a big issue.
“For donuts, it specifically occurs in neighborhoods with large intersections. So there’s more on traffic calming that we can do as well to make sure that there’s not enough space to do those,” says Kaur. B
Ben Kelsey is a San Antonio resident and car enthusiast. He says he has noticed an increase in street racing over the past few years.
“You’re putting the public in danger, you’re endangering people’s property, buildings, cars, houses. I mean, we’ve seen how many houses get hit in the last couple years,” says Kelsey.
He says that after the San Antonio Raceway closed in 2015, there are no drag strips in the nearby area. He believes this directly contributes to increased racing on city streets. He is calling for stricter penalties on street racers.
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“The law needs to come down on them more, keep them off the streets. Make examples, crush cars; they do that in other states. That puts a big example out there that we don’t play,” says Kelsey.