INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman is asking for the state to step in and help her after a car drove into her southwest side home for the fourth time on Tuesday.
According to police at the scene, a driver disobeyed a stoplight and drove into the home in the 6200 block of Kentucky Avenue. This is near where Ameriplex Parkway reaches a T with Kentucky Avenue.
Police at the scene believed alcohol was involved in Tuesday morning's incident.
Bonnie Christian, the homeowner, recalled the fright she had this morning when the accident took place.
"It just sounded like thunder and lightning exploded and my house shook vigorously and I got up to see what it was and I a had car in my dining room," Christian said.
This is not the first time Christian has faced a mess to clean up. It's now the fourth time its happened. Most recently, in June, her home was struck in a hit-and-run.
"It’s very frustrating," Christian said.
In the aftermath of the last crash, Christian requested that the Indiana Department of Transportation to place a guardrail in front of her home. She was told there was not a need for a guardrail to be installed by INDOT.
"As far as they're concerned my yard is long enough that it doesn’t need to be protected because cars don’t really come this far, and they keep proving them wrong," said Christian.
On Tuesday, WRTV reached back out to INDOT. They told us they will solve the problem and are working out logistics. INDOT says a guard rail isn't off the table but they're looking at more feasible options like delineators and tough curbs.
A spokesperson for INDOT also says they have a project planned to start in the Spring of 2024 on Ameriplex to add turn lanes and they're hoping to add a solution for the Christian family.
Christian says she just wants something to be done before her house is completely destroyed.
"I don’t know, I don’t know whether to move. My friends and family want me to move but it’s not that simple. They’re scared," said Christian.
