Mrs. Berg was driving a 2009 silver Toyota Camry south on El Camino Real and crossing the intersection of Kingstone when, for unknown reasons, her vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole. Both she and Mr. Berg were taken to the hospital in critical condition with severe blunt force trauma. They were pronounced dead later Tuesday evening.This intersection is dangerous. From Clear Lake City Blvd to Pineloch there are no lights or stop signs. Because there is a light dip in the road just prior to the intersection, speeding cars bottom out right after the intersection. At 40 MPH, 5 miles over the limit, the dip does not cause a car to bottom out, so you can imagine how fast drivers are going to do this type of damage.
Last month the concrete and drainage cover cracked where the cars bottom out. Both were fixed or replaced and there are already deep scratches and chunks of the new concrete missing.
Three lives have been lost in three years.
4 comments:
Do you have a constructive suggestion, John?
The question isn't sniping, it is asking you to take the next step from what you have written.
No. I have no idea of what can be done.
The issue has been raised with our City Councilman.
My truck doesn't bottom out, but even at the posted speed it feels like it's airborne.
An optimum solution is likely to be costly, but in the mean time a simple guard rail between the street and sidewalk would make the situation less lethal.
It isn't the pedestrians that are causing the problems.
Although I actually think someone, maybe on a bike, attempted to cross the street and the elderly lady tried to swerve and had an accident. There was no other cars involved. Strange.
Now the prior accident, someone pulled out from Kingstone and was hit. And killed.
That stretch of street is a 35 MPH zone, but I would bet people are driving 50+.
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