A toddler is left without parents after a deadly Cary accident, and a frustrated community says the crash should have been prevented. The intersection of Cary Parkway and W. Chatham has a history of serious safety problems.
Most recently, Martikia Adams and Brian Cobb were killed after police said their car was T-boned when they were trying to cross the busy Parkway.
"I just dropped, I didn't know what to do, I thought it was a dream," said Betty, Adams' mother.
According to the wreck report, the driver who hit the couple's car was going seven over the posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour, and did not even hit the brakes when she collided with the car.
Among the debris scattered along the highway, there was a pink stroller, car seat, and little girl's shoe.
Betty Adams said it will be hard to tell her 2-year-old granddaughter about her parents.
"I'm just going to tell her that she had a good mom," said Betty.
Howard Kelly has lived in the area for 21 years. He said accidents there are common.
"This is a pretty bad one, this is one of the worst ones I've ever seen," said Kelly.
The Town of Cary said they have gotten three requests from citizens for a traffic light at the intersection in the past, but the decision is complex.
"We look at nine criteria when installing a traffic signal," said traffic engineer David Spencer.
One of those criteria is crash history.
According to the Town of Cary, there have been two crashes at the intersection in the last year that could have been avoided. In the past eight years, there have been five avoidable accidents, but to get a light based on crash history alone, federal guidelines show there must be five avoidable crashes in a single year.
"You asking for a couple more people to die before you go and put a traffic light at this corner, what is it going to take a bus full of kids?" asked Betty.
Spencer said the Town will be taking another look at the intersection in light of Sunday's accident. Besides crash history, he said they will also consider traffic and pedestrian volume.
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