A speeding car in Denver that crashed into a house has led neighbors to raise concerns about dangerous driving on residential roads. Unfortunately, the affected family has nowhere to host and celebrate their daughter’s graduation party.
The Denver Police Department is investigating the incident after the driver of a white sedan ran a red light and crashed into the house.
The crash seriously injured the driver and the passenger, and the house was significantly damaged to the point where certain areas remain unusable.
Luckily, the occupants of the house were unharmed, but the family has three days to look for another place to celebrate the graduation ceremony.
The Impact Shook the Entire House
The Denver Police Department said that officers responded to an incident involving a vehicle and a house in the 900 block of North Perry Street in the early hours of Tuesday.
Homeowner Melissa spoke to CBS Colorado about the crash and the damage it did to her house. She said:
“It vibrated the whole house. Our entire house is covered in glass.”
“The roof is structurally unsound at this point. The patio is detached. The sheds exploded.”
With the house’s party area damaged significantly, the family will have to consider alternatives to celebrate their daughter’s graduation. She added:
“It’s more than just the impact on the physical house. Our party area is now gone, tables, chairs. So now we have to figure that out in three days.”
Neighbor Not Surprised by the Incident
Kathryn Werner, a resident who lives nearby, said that speeding cars have become common in the neighborhood. Denver 7 reported her reaction to the accident scene:
“Police cars everywhere, caution tape everywhere, and like my instant reaction was like, ‘Okay.’ Like just kind of like a, ‘Yeah, another day in the neighborhood.'”
She added:
“What you don’t realize is that that danger sort of permeates the arterial streets within the neighborhood.”
Werner explained that she often witnesses drivers running red lights through Westwood, and pointed out that drivers often do 50 mph on roads such as Perry Street. She said:
“People trying to avoid Federal and Sheridan speed down Perry. I’ve been passed on the left on a single, single lane road more times than I can count, and this is just like a regular afternoon, like these people are going 50 down Perry, narrow street, cars parked on both sides, it’s all the time.”
Speeding, particularly in residential areas, is becoming a big challenge for authorities to tackle. Werner said she does not have a solution to the problem:
“I don’t think I know the answer, but I think with most wicked problems like this, where the answer is very complex, we need many parties to be involved, and I don’t know if they’re just not talking to each other.”
Perry Street Was on Denver DOT’s To-Do List
The report adds that Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure had scheduled safety improvements at the intersection of 10th and Perry Street this spring, such as extending sidewalks to reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians, adding paint and posts asking drivers to slow down, and even narrowing 10th Avenue.
However, the work has been postponed to the fall season. Speaking of the driver who was taken to the hospital, he was eventually arrested and faces vehicular assault charges.
Melissa, meanwhile, is looking for a place to celebrate her daughter’s graduation since the patio was destroyed. Appealing to residents and restaurants, she said:
“If anybody has a space that we could utilize, maybe a restaurant with a small room that we could use — because now we won’t be able to cook — that would be really helpful.”
This is raw video of the aftermath of a wild and horrible looking crash at 10th and Perry in west Denver. Looks like the car may have gone airborne and crushed a sign, fence, shed and other things. The intersection is closed but there is light traffic. pic.twitter.com/362rhTbANl
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