Crashes continue near dangerous Southeast Fresno intersection

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Sunday, determination was different clang astatine Tulare and Minnewawa successful southeast Fresno.

It comes 2 months aft a antheral was astir deed by a car portion checking his mail.

The antheral who survived that adjacent call, Ruben Almaraz, says helium took enactment erstwhile the region added these signs alerting postulation connected Minnewawa that vehicles connected Tulare bash not stop. When asked if it's helped, helium replied:

"No. People inactive speed. People inactive hazard it. 3 oregon 4 o clock, you'll perceive it, cars squealing to chopped across," said Almaraz.

Fresno Police has spent much clip adjacent the intersection, cracking down connected speeding. But Almaraz and his neighbors would similar to spot much action.

"Someone got taken disconnected into the ambulance. What's next, a assemblage bag? I don't privation to spot that. I privation radical to marque it home," said Almaraz.

The lanes are acceptable to beryllium repainted erstwhile the striping instrumentality is ready.

"As soon arsenic it comes retired to beryllium enactment to use, the archetypal halt is determination astatine Tulare and Minnewawa," said County Supervisor Nathan Magsig.

Almaraz believes determination needs to beryllium a 4-way stop.

Which is wherever things get complicated. The region and metropolis stock jurisdiction of the intersection.

"The metropolis of Fresno has a antithetic criteria for what warrants a 4-way stop. The County of Fresno has a antithetic criteria for what warrants a 4-way stop. We request to reconcile that," said Luis Chavez.

Councilmember Chavez says helium volition usage his infrastructure fund to wage for the 4-way stop.

However, since the bulk of the intersection is county-controlled, the metropolis volition request permission.

"There's nary crushed wherefore we should beryllium going done a bureaucratic process erstwhile we cognize what needs to hap and what needs to hap is simply a halt motion needs to beryllium enactment in," said Chavez.

People who unrecorded successful the country hold and anticipation it happens earlier different tragedy.

"I ever commune and transverse my fingers that nary one's going to get injured again, maine seeing different mishap oregon kid hit. I've seen children deed connected this street," said Johnny Sanchez, Fresno County resident.

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