Speeding is a concern after 2 critically injured in north St. Louis crash

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Two people were critically injured in a crash in north St. Louis on Tuesday afternoon.

Just before 1:30 p.m., a Toyota Avalon crashed into a Chevrolet Equinox in the intersection of Page Boulevard and Whittier Street. Police said they are investigating which vehicle ran a red light.

Two men were taken to the hospital and listed in critical but stable condition. A third man was listed in stable condition.

The St. Louis Metropolitian Police Department told First Alert 4 the highest traffic violations in the city are for speeding and violating traffic signs or signals.

Carolyn Nebbitt has lived on Page Blvd in the city for about 50 years.

“They drive up and down here all day long just like they’re on the highway,” she said.

Nebbitt told First Alert 4 that the drivers speeding and running red lights is a newer problem.

“It doesn’t make no sense for them to drive the way they drive. They don’t care. They don’t care about their life, your life or nobody else’s life,” Nebbitt said.

Along Page Boulevard, you see sign after sign for the “Slow Down” campaign by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.

“Right now, vehicular violence is beginning to rival gun violence. This is something that impacts everybody,” James Clark with the Urban League said.

According to Clark, major thoroughfares are often racetracks, and this is a problem that plagues the whole Metro.

“Every motorist, every day, comes across a situation where they see speeding, they see someone running red lights,” Clark said.

Clark said the Urban League is going into high school classrooms to teach students the importance of following the rules of the road.

“So that we can begin to challenge the ideas and thoughts of our young people who can play video games that promote reckless driving. The video game promotes speeding. We have to offset those thoughts and those ideas,” Clark said.

Nebbitt even has a slow-down sign on her lawn, but said some drivers just don’t care.

“They can’t make it stop. Only the people themselves can make it stop,” Nebbitt said.