Residents want something done about speeders on busy McKees Rocks road

McKEES ROCKS, Pa. — Residents in McKees Rocks are calling on police to handle speeders on one of the borough’s busiest roads.

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The posted speed limit on Chartiers Avenue is 25 mph, but residents say vehicles rarely travel less than 40 mph, creating a dangerous situation.

"Every year somebody's car on this block is getting hit. It's because people are speeding, they don't watch what they're doing. They're going past buses every morning. Even when I'm standing out waiting for the bus there are people going into oncoming traffic by the bus," resident Cherrelle Meggett said.

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Meggett showed Channel 11 pictures of her cousin's car, which was hit by a speeder last weekend.

She said it’s the fifth time a car has been hit on her block in less than three years.

"She actually called me and said my car has been hit. I said where are you at and she said in front of the house. I immediately ran out here because I thought her and her child were in the car because her child was with her," Meggett said.

Two doors up, the same driver hit another parked car. No one was hurt.

Channel 11 reached out to McKees Rocks police about the issues Meggett and other residents raised.

The chief said they're aware of the hit-and-run speeders on the road, which is posted at 25 mph.

The police chief told Channel 11 his officers will continue to monitor the road, especially in the residential areas.

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