GREENE COUNTY -- Neighbors wanted answers from Greene County leaders about what can be done at an intersection they consider dangerous.
A 17-year-old teenager was killed this past weekend at the intersection at Grinnell and Clifton Roads. Trista Lindstrom was the passenger in a car whose 16-year-old driver pulled out in front of a truck.
We took neighbors concerns about the intersection and how there's been three crashes in the same area so far this year.
Robert Geyer, Greene County's Engineer, says there isn't a problem there anymore.
Geyer says the intersection used to have 10 crashes a year but since they put in double stops signs, advanced signing and flashing lights, those numbers have gone down.
Geyer adds that neighbors will be wasting their time to try and make a change, "I have to meet certain engineering requirements and criteria in order to do anything, if we don't meet those criteria, were not going to do anything," he said.
Shirley Hatfield has lived at that corner for the past three years.
"We don't feel that way. We can't stop. We won't stop because we know we cant," she said.
"It's not the road, It's not the intersection, it's driver inattention," said Geyer.
Neighbors say they plan to talk with county commissioners and will continue to push for changes.
A 17-year-old teenager was killed this past weekend at the intersection at Grinnell and Clifton Roads. Trista Lindstrom was the passenger in a car whose 16-year-old driver pulled out in front of a truck.
We took neighbors concerns about the intersection and how there's been three crashes in the same area so far this year.
Robert Geyer, Greene County's Engineer, says there isn't a problem there anymore.
Geyer says the intersection used to have 10 crashes a year but since they put in double stops signs, advanced signing and flashing lights, those numbers have gone down.
Geyer adds that neighbors will be wasting their time to try and make a change, "I have to meet certain engineering requirements and criteria in order to do anything, if we don't meet those criteria, were not going to do anything," he said.
Shirley Hatfield has lived at that corner for the past three years.
"We don't feel that way. We can't stop. We won't stop because we know we cant," she said.
"It's not the road, It's not the intersection, it's driver inattention," said Geyer.
Neighbors say they plan to talk with county commissioners and will continue to push for changes.
