WHITE CENTER, Wash. — Residents in and around White Center have been pleading with city officials to make Southwest Roxbury Street safe again.
Seattle police were on the scene of the crash near the intersection of SW Roxbury Street and Olson Place SW.
A Lexus was the only vehicle involved.
Police say it came barreling down Roxbury and flipped at Olson.
Luckily a tree stopped it from heading straight for a house.
Three people inside the smashed car were taken to the hospital.
Neighbors were rocked out of bed, but weren’t surprised by the scene.
"Heard a big thump and knew exactly what had happened this happens all the time here," said Jason Hoppe.
He’s right.
And a posted speed limit of 30 mph isn’t stopping speeders.
There have been 10 crashes at this intersection between 2010 and 2013.
"This is like a race track here," said Hoppe.
This isn't the only problem area along Roxbury and residents have asked the city to step in and do something.
"We've had people die. we've had serious car accidents," said Amanda Kay Helmick, chair of the Westwood/Roxhill/Arbor Heights Community Council.
The neighborhood association and others asked SDOT to study Roxbury.
The results were troubling.
"They laid out a map of it and every intersection had accidents," said Kay Helmick.
SDOT says Eighth and Roxbury has the highest number of car collisions in Seattle, according to WWRHAH.
There have been 21 crashes at that intersection the past three years.
But a solution may be hard to come by.
“I don't really know what the answer is, I wish I did, which is why we got SDOT involved," said Kay Helmick.
SDOT is considering repaving, adding more/better signs and photo enforcement in problem areas, according to its website.
"It's time. It's time," said Kay Helmick.
Residents say anything to help avoid more scenes like the one this morning.
Construction to improve Roxbury wouldn't start until 2015.
In the meantime, SDOT is looking for input from residents.
You can weigh in, at a forum Wednesday, Feb. 26th at Roxhill Elementary from 6 to 7:30 p.m.