4 cars crash into San Bernardino woman’s backyard; She says the road is dangerous

A San Bernardino woman is raising the alarm about what she says is a dangerous road right behind her backyard.

Alysha Wolfinbarger has lived in her home just off Kendall Drive for nearly a decade. She said during that time four cars lost control and ended up in her backyard.

“It’s honestly a little scary,” Wolfinbarger said. “Typically people don’t think about cars flying into the backyard.”

Wolfinbarger said the most recent incident occurred about a month ago.

“I could hardly stand up. My alarm just went off and I heard a loud bang,” she remembers. “And at first I thought maybe it was part of a dream.”

But when police showed up and she saw first responders arrive to take the driver of the car to the hospital for treatment of his injuries, she realized it wasn’t a dream.

“They ended up having to lift it (the car) over our back wall and back fence to get it out of our backyard,” she said.

Wolfinbarger said cars traveling south on Kendall Drive were the problem. If they drive too fast, they can lose control on a sharp curve and go off the road. She said she is so worried that she sometimes hesitates to allow her 5-year-old daughter to play in the backyard.

“Granted (this recent incident) was in the morning, but what if next time it isn’t?” she said. “What if it’s the middle of the day and I have to worry about her getting hit by a car?”

A spokesman for the city of San Bernardino said construction workers had already installed a speed warning sign before the curve and installed rumble strips to warn motorists who might have left the road. The official said they are now considering adding concrete barriers to the part of the curve to better protect houses on the side of the road.

“It’s a busy road and you hear screaming all the time,” Wolfinbarger said, adding that a fifth car crashed near her neighbor’s yard. “I don’t want anything else to happen, especially to the children who are visiting here, or my daughter, or the grandchildren next door, or anyone on the field. …We’re just tired of seeing cars in our backyard.”