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Alysha Wolfinbarger of San Bernardino, California would like the city to do something about cars crash-landing in her backyard.
Wolfinbarger, who has lived in her home located behind Kendall Drive for almost a decade, has now had four different cars drive off the road and crash-land in her backyard.
The fourth and most recent crash occurred about a month ago.
“It’s a little scary honestly,” Wolfinbarger told KABC News. “It’s not something people usually think about, having cars fly into your backyard.”
She shared what happened the last time a car flew into her backyard.
“I was barely getting up” she recalled. “My alarm just went off and I heard a big boom. And at first, I thought maybe it was part of a dream.”
It was no dream.
“They ended up having to lift it out over our back wall and over the back fence to get it out of the backyard,” she said.
Not only are the drivers of the cars being injured – the most recent car crash victim had to be transported to the hospital to be treated for injuries – she worries that someday she, her 5-year-old daughter, or other neighborhood kids could be hurt. It’s why she sometimes hesitates to let her daughter play in their own backyard.
“Granted, it was in the morning, but what if next time it’s not?” she asked. “What if it’s in the middle of the daytime and I have to worry about her getting hit by a car?”
Alysha Wolfinbarger isn’t the only one concerned. A fifth car crashed into her neighbor’s property where kids also gather to play.
San Bernardino city officials say they have already installed a solar-powered “your speed” warning sign ahead of the curve, as well as rumble strips, but now they’re talking about putting up k-rail or concrete barriers since it keeps happening anyway.
“It’s a busy road, and you hear screeching all the time,” said Wolfinbarger. “I don’t want anything else to happen; especially to any of the kids here visiting, or my daughter, or the grandchildren next door or anyone in the field. … We’re just tired of seeing cars in our backyard.”