MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are still searching for drivers behind a deadly hit and run crash in Hickory Hill on Sunday night.
From Sunday's crash, three people are dead and three people ages 17, 21, and 23 are in critical condition.
Residents in the neighborhood told ABC24 they are calling on the City of Memphis to fix the speeding issue.
Memphis city council member, Pearl Walker said she wants to make her constituents aware their concerns are being heard and work is being done to combat the type of incidents the cause loss of life.
"We are at zero tolerance," Walker said. "This is just not acceptable in my district, anywhere in the City of Memphis this is just not acceptable."
Walker sent a strong message to the public after a hit and run killed three people Sunday night. The two-car incident happened in her district. She said MPD have not confirmed drag racing was an indicator for the crash, but that could change during their investigation.
"There are some indicators that support that and MPD is conducting an investigation," she said.
Walker told ABC24 MPD and Memphis mayor Paul Young are rolling out a new crime plan to address the need for more cameras in the city.
"It's 5 c's, one of the c's is dealing with more cameras. One of the other c's of the five is controlling the roadways," Walker said.
Matthew Jeter is a father of nine children who lives near where the crash happened. He said the start of the school year is around the corner and the recent crash has him concerned for the safety of his children.
"It is crazy, people just be flying on these roads going 70 to 80 miles per hour," Jeter said. "That's scary for myself. I don't anything to happen child when they're out in the world, especially accidents like that."
According to an MPD crime stat Hickory Hill Road and Winchester Road have 22 reported crashes from April 29 to July 29 of this year. Those statistics rank in the top 50 street crash locations in Memphis.
Miska Clay Bibbs who is the Shelby County Commissioner for the Hickory Hill area told ABC24 she's invested $250,000 from this year's county budget to have 30 cameras installed later this year in her district. She said majority of those cameras will be installed in the fall. Bibbs also said in 2023 six cameras were installed and her predecessor had 10 cameras installed.
