MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Dozens of automobiles have crashed into folks’s properties and entrance lawns in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood.
The accidents are taking place proper subsequent to a park on NW 87 Terrace, and other people CBS4 talked to say the county isn’t doing sufficient to guard them.
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“The last time we reported that (and we just stopped reporting it) was in 2020. We said forget about it, we’re not reporting anymore because nothing is done,” says Ronda Maxwell, whose property has been crashed into numerous instances.
The drawback, she says, is a pointy curve in NW 87 Terrace, proper exterior of her residence, and a immediately that results in it.
“2020, 2015… 19… 17… 08… 09. It’s a total of 12 or more incidents. It’s to the point where we don’t report it to our homeowner’s insurance because it keeps going up,” says Maxwell.
And if it’s not her residence taking the hit, it’s her next-door neighbors.
“I’ve had at least four incidents since I’ve been living here,” says Walter Howard, who lives subsequent door to Maxwell.
“And each incident I wind up paying for it out of my pocket,” says Howard.
In 2020, the home proper subsequent to Walters, was hit twice in a single week. Trying to stop the continual crashes, the folks on NW 87 Terrace created a barrier.
But this previous December, “It sounded like a freight train.”
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Ronda’s home was hit once more.
“We said OK, we’ll let them hit the rocks and run over the rocks to try and slow them down. The last car ended up inches away from our front porch,” she explains.
She says if it wasn’t raining, her grandson would have been exterior within the actual spot the place the automotive got here to relaxation.
“I can replace a gate I don’t know how I could replace my grandson,” she says.
Within the final couple years, the county added rumble strips to the bottom and reflectors on the curve. Neighbors say the immediately is the issue they usually need to see a cease mild put up.
“From here to 95th Street there is no break. It’s a straight shot. It’s like driving on 95,” says Howard.
With a park simply ft away, neighbors fear eventually, it may very well be an individual who’s hit as an alternative of a house.
“We don’t want the death of a child or the death of anyone to happen for them to say now we need to act,” says Maxwell.
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CBS4 spoke to the county’s division of transportation they usually’re wanting into the historical past of the highway for us. We’re going to proceed to observe up with them and we’ll carry you any new information.