CREEDMOOR — Neighbors say a crash last week involving an SUV and a dump truck is just the latest collision at an intersection marred by frequent mishaps.

Granville Emergency Medical Services and the Creedmoor Volunteer Fire Department responded to the call around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17. The crash was at the intersection of Cash Road and U.S. Highway 15, about two miles southwest of Creedmoor’s city limits.

Passengers in the SUV were seen being checked out by EMS at the scene. The front of the SUV had severe damage and its airbags had gone off. The extent of injuries wasn’t immediately known.

The N.C. State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. A crash report was not available by press time, and troopers declined to provide additional information. Names of those involved were not released, and its unknown if charges were filed.

Kelly Ung lives across from the intersection and heard the crash.

“I was backing out and heard this big bang,” she said. “I thought I had hit something in my yard.”

Ung said she looked over and saw the middle tires on the dump truck hanging loose and spinning in a strange way. Then she saw the front end of the SUV and hoped there were no injuries.

She said a small child was among the passengers in the SUV, but did not appear to be harmed.

Ung said she had lived near that intersection since 1997 and has seen and heard countless crashes.

“People think that Cash Road is an avenue through from Raleigh and Wake Forest, and that it does not matter if you speed through that intersection,” Ung said. “People speed though and they run the red light and that causes the collisions. It seemed like it was twice as many crashes before they installed the signal lights. The stop signs didn’t slow people down either.”

According to 1st Sgt. Ellerbee with the N.C. State Highway Patrol, there have been eight crashes at the intersection since January 2020.

Ung said she worries about the kids driving to nearby Falls Lake Academy. People speed through without any concern, she said.

“The Highway Patrol pulled a bunch of people when the Department of Transportation changed the speed limit on from 55 to 45 on Cash Road. I think it is time for the state troopers to come back and keep a close eye on the intersection,” she said.

Ung said she had called Sunrock about the trucks speeding and running the red light.

“Those trucks can not stop quickly especially when they are loaded,” she said.

Ung said she hopes the state will look at adding cameras to catch those that are running the red lights and issue tickets, but for now she cautions everyone that drives on that road to pay attention, especially at that intersection.