SAN ANTONIO – It was a big mess on the Northwest Side for one homeowner to clean up Thursday morning.
Police said a driver suspected of racing down the 4500 block of Crystal Hill plowed through his fence and into his home on Rosewood Crest. The owner told KSAT that this is not the first time this has happened and he wants the city to do something about it before someone gets hurt.
"I hear a big sound, 'Boom!' And I know what's happened already because I have experienced it already -- three times," said frustrated homeowner Alex Soong.
Just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, a driver crashed through Soong’s wooden fence and into the corner of his living room.
"I went outside, I see there’s a car in my backyard and the light is on, but the engine is dead," Soong said.
The homeowner said it was a familiar sight.
"The street is so wide so they [drivers] think they can drive very fast and it’s safe, but it’s not,” he said.
In fact, he just replaced the same portion of his fence six months ago. Soong explains the problem is when drivers, unfamiliar with the area, speed down Crystal Hill only to realize at the very last moment, the street dead ends and you need to turn right on Crystal Bow. Several times drivers unable to make the turn in time end up plowing through his fence and backyard.
"First time (it was a) drunken driver, second time was a hit-and-run who was trying to run away. This one, two cars chasing last night,” Soong said.
That's three times in the last two years a driver has crashed through that fence.
"When it happened the second time, I called the city. The city didn’t do anything so this is the third time. I told myself if this happens one more time, I’m going to force them to do something,” he said.
Soong wants the city to take him seriously and to fix it the problem before it’s too late.
"Not just put a sign that says 30 miles [per hour], just a sign is not enough. Nobody is going to listen to you. So they have to do something-they know better than me. Just they need to do something," Soong said.
We also reached out to the spokesperson for San Antonio’s transportation and capital improvements department for a comment. They said the city will be reaching out to Soong.