Newburg neighbor begging city leaders to do something after car plunges through his home

FOR THEIR SAFETY AND ARE CONSIDERING MOVING. WELL, DREW, LAUREN, A CAR CRASH ONCE A WEEK IS WHAT NEIGHBORS SAY IT’S LIKE LIVING ON JEANINE DRIVE. IT’S IN COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA JENKINS DISTRICT AND EVEN SHE’S SHE’S BEEN BEGGING THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BUT THE MOST RECENT CRASH THIS MORNING HAS THEM SAYING THEY CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER. WE NEED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. YES, WE ARE FED UP AND FRUSTRATED AS WE ARE TOO MANY ACT THAT WE JUST TO LET THE COUNTRY LET THIS GO. LEMUEL ADAMS DROVE UP TO THIS SCENE SUNDAY MORNING, A BEATEN UP CAR ON HIS DRIVEWAY AND DEBRIS FROM A CAR CRASH SCATTERED ALL OVER HIS YARD ON THE CORNER OF JENINE DRIVE AND GLEN VALLEY ROAD. I JUST KIND OF AGGRAVATE BECAUSE OF FRUSTRATION. THE ONLY REASON HE AND HIS WIFE WEREN’T AT HOME IS BECAUSE THEY WERE STAYING IN A MOTEL. THEIR HOME IS UNINHABITABLE AT ALL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE A CAR CRASHED INTO IT ON TUESDAY NIGHT. I’LL GET SOME MORE SECURITY AROUND BECAUSE I CAN HAVE MY GRANDKIDS AND MY GREAT GRANDBABIES GETTING HURT. TO CRASHES ON THE SAME INTERSECTION IN LESS THAN A WEEK. BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IN FACT, JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ADAMS, THE NEIGHBOR SET UP BOULDERS IN HER YARD BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT ENDED UP IN HER GRASS DUE TO CRASHES. COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA SHANKLIN SAYS THIS HAS NOW REACHED A BREAKING POINT. IT’S UP 20 TO 30 PEOPLE THAT HAVE HIT RIGHT ON THIS CORNER. AND I SEE SOME BLINKING LIGHTS OR SOMETHING TO DETER. AND SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN A SUCCESS. SO I SAID, OKAY, LET’S CALL IT A LOSE MEDIA. SHANKLIN HAS ALREADY WORKED WITH THE CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ADD SPEED BUMPS ON GLEN VALLEY ROAD. BUT SHE SAYS THE REAL PROBLEM IS JANEEN DRIVE. DESPITE THE 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. WHAT DO YOU DO TO WAKE THE CITY UP? YOU KNOW, SO I’M TRYING THE BEST I CAN TO GET BLINKING LIGHTS RIGHT UP HERE. YOU CAN PUT THEM BLINKING LIGHTS ON PASSPORT LINES. YOU CAN PUT THEM ON WATER TRAIL. YOU CAN PUT THEM OVER HERE WHERE PEOPLE GET IN HERE. I’M HOPEFUL WE CAN GET SOME DONE ABOUT. IF THEY DON’T DO IT, I MIGHT DO IT MYSELF. NOW, ACCORDING TO COUNCILWOMAN SHANKLIN, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN TEN ACCIDENTS ON THAT INTERSECTION ALONE. WE REACHED OUT TO LAPD TO GET OFFICIAL CRASH DATA, BUT WE’RE TOLD THAT’S ONLY AVAILABLE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. TOMORROW, SHANKLIN SAYS SHE PLANS TO GO TO THE CITY’S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ONC

Many neighbors who live along Jeanine Drive in the Newburg neighborhood are begging metro city leaders to do more after a string of car crashes on their street.A car crash once a week is what they said it's like living on Jeanine Drive. It's in Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin's district, and even she said she's been begging the city to do something about it."We need to solve this problem," said Lemuel Adams, who lives on Jeanine Drive.Adams drove up to his home on the corner of Jeanine Drive Sunday morning to find a beaten-up car on his driveway and debris from a car crash scattered all over his front yard. "It's aggravating," said Adams. "Aggravating and frustrating."The only reason he and his wife weren't at home is that they were staying in a motel. Reason being, their home is uninhabitable right now because a car crashed into it on Tuesday night."I'm going to have to get more security around here," said Adams. "I can't have my grandkids playing in an area where they can get hurt."Two crashes on the same intersection, in less than a week, but for the neighborhood, this is not a coincidence.In fact, right across the street from the Adams, the neighbor set up boulders in her yard because of the number of cars that have ended up in her grass due to crashes.Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin said it's now reached a breaking point."There have been 20-30 people this year that have been hit right here on this corner," said Shanklin. "I've asked the city 'Can you put some blinking lights, or something to deter it?', and so far I have not been successful. So I said, 'OK, let's call the news media.'"Shanklin has already worked with the city's public works department to add speed bumps on Glen Valley Road, but she said the real problem is Jeanine Drive.Despite a 25-mile-an-hour speed limit, she said cars fly by the area, also noting some may be drag racing."What does it take to wake the city up?" said Shanklin. "I'm trying the best I can to get blinking lights right up here. If you can put blinking lights on Hurstbourne lane, you can put them on Waterson trail, then you can put them over here where people are getting hit."According to Shanklin, there have been more than 10 accidents on that intersection alone.WLKY reached out to LMPD to get official crash data, but we're told that's only available during normal business hours. On Monday, Shanklin said she plans to go to the city's public works department to once again plead her case.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

Many neighbors who live along Jeanine Drive in the Newburg neighborhood are begging metro city leaders to do more after a string of car crashes on their street.

A car crash once a week is what they said it's like living on Jeanine Drive. It's in Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin's district, and even she said she's been begging the city to do something about it.

"We need to solve this problem," said Lemuel Adams, who lives on Jeanine Drive.

Adams drove up to his home on the corner of Jeanine Drive Sunday morning to find a beaten-up car on his driveway and debris from a car crash scattered all over his front yard.

"It's aggravating," said Adams. "Aggravating and frustrating."

The only reason he and his wife weren't at home is that they were staying in a motel.

Reason being, their home is uninhabitable right now because a car crashed into it on Tuesday night.

"I'm going to have to get more security around here," said Adams. "I can't have my grandkids playing in an area where they can get hurt."

Two crashes on the same intersection, in less than a week, but for the neighborhood, this is not a coincidence.

In fact, right across the street from the Adams, the neighbor set up boulders in her yard because of the number of cars that have ended up in her grass due to crashes.

Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin said it's now reached a breaking point.

"There have been 20-30 people this year that have been hit right here on this corner," said Shanklin. "I've asked the city 'Can you put some blinking lights, or something to deter it?', and so far I have not been successful. So I said, 'OK, let's call the news media.'"

Shanklin has already worked with the city's public works department to add speed bumps on Glen Valley Road, but she said the real problem is Jeanine Drive.

Despite a 25-mile-an-hour speed limit, she said cars fly by the area, also noting some may be drag racing.

"What does it take to wake the city up?" said Shanklin. "I'm trying the best I can to get blinking lights right up here. If you can put blinking lights on Hurstbourne lane, you can put them on Waterson trail, then you can put them over here where people are getting hit."

According to Shanklin, there have been more than 10 accidents on that intersection alone.

WLKY reached out to LMPD to get official crash data, but we're told that's only available during normal business hours.

On Monday, Shanklin said she plans to go to the city's public works department to once again plead her case.

Newburg neighbor begging city leaders to do something after car plunges through his home

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