Police responded to a collision on Georgetown Road Wednesday morning.
According to first responders, the single-vehicle wreck occurred at the intersection of Georgetown Road and Berea Road. The driver was sent to the hospital with minor injuries.
“Nobody likes to hear about a bad accident,” said newly-elected District 12 council member Hil Boone.
As Boone campaigned for his new position on the Lexington Fayette Urban County Council, he heard from constituents who live on Georgetown Road.
“I talked to the Oakwood Estates neighborhood, and their main concern was the traffic,” said Boone. “I know the speeding going past them toward Georgetown by Red State is a straight shot that people tend to speed on.”
“Oh, people cannot drive at all,” said Jeanna Carr, who works on Georgetown Road.
Carr chalks it up to speeding and distractions, both of which she’s witnessed firsthand. According to Carr, it doesn’t help that a stretch of Georgetown Road is 2-lane with almost no shoulder.
“They need to do something,” said Carr. “I don’t know what they could do, but there’s gotta be something they could do.”