MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Frayser woman is living in a hotel after a car crashed into her home. It happened early Saturday morning after midnight on Point Church Road. Two passengers made it out, but the driver died.
“The street is not dangerous. The drivers are not adhering to the speed limit,” said Valerie Wright, a Frayser resident. It has been a constant problem for Wright.
The worst was early Saturday morning. “I sat down on the side of my bed. I heard some screeching. I immediately jumped up because I knew something was about to happen,” said Wright.
Memphis Police said a vehicle coming down Point Church Road in Frayser hit the curb and ran off the road hitting a mailbox, utility transformer, and brick column. “After that, the house went dark because she hit the breaker box outside. Then, the crash came through. I didn’t even get a chance to come out of my room,” said Wright.
She and her daughter were safe, but the driver died. “It’s unfortunate that a young lady lost her life. My prayers are going out to the family, but even if I were to move from here because it’s not safe, who’s to say the next family won’t go through the same thing,” asked Wright.
This is the second time a car has crashed into her home. In 2016, another car crashed into the home leading the city to add speed bumps. Wright said it’s not enough. She spoke at a town hall, Tuesday, requesting better speed bumps, guardrails, and a Skycop cameras.
While at her home, her City Council representative, Michalyn Easter-Thomas, called. “As a tax-paying citizen, I deserve to be protected at all costs. If it takes putting up the speed bumps, the guardrails, and the cameras, as a City Council representative, just hear the cry of the people because, you know, we all need help,” said Wright.
Easter-Thomas’ office told ABC 24, they have requested the guardrails, speed bumps, and Skycop cameras for Wright. Now, she waits. “This is a cry out from a law-abiding citizen. We want to be safe. We want to be safe because there could’ve been three fatalities that night,” said Wright.
She said she isn’t the only one impacted by speeding cars. Her neighbors have had mailboxes and fences knocked down. Wright said when it come to safety talks, it shouldn’t just be about gun control but traffic as well.