Speed limit sign installed after 2 badly injured in Sacramento crash
The city of Sacramento has installed a new electronic speed limit sign at an intersection in North Natomas. Police said the sign’s placement is partly in response to a crash that left two people critically injured Oct. 13.
Victoria Bryant is one of those drivers who was hospitalized after the crash along Natomas Boulevard near Club Center Drive. She is still in the ICU at UC Davis Medical Center.
“She was blindsided, T-boned on the side of her car,” said her husband Anthony Bryant. “A lot of broken bones.”
According to Anthony, his wife was running a quick errand at the CVS pharmacy just a few blocks from their home. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. Firefighters from the Sacramento Fire Department said they had to use special equipment to rescue people because of the high-speed impact.
“I was told when I first got here (to the hospital) that she wasn’t going to make it,” Anthony said. “And I was told later that it was a miracle that she made it.”
Victoria’s husband discovered the crash himself in part thanks to a cellphone app. Anthony said after 45 minutes, he was wondering why his wife had not returned home from her quick trip to the neighborhood store. He checked the Life360 app on his cellphone and saw her location was still pinned near CVS. He drove out there to check on her and was surprised by what he saw.
“I seen the tape, I seen the police and everything,” Anthony said. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. That’s my car. Where’s my wife?’ So I start running to the car and an officer stopped me and they told me that she was in an accident and she was in critical condition.”
Victoria is not out of the woods yet, but her husband said she is a fighter. The wife and mother is also a school counselor at Regency Park Elementary School, according to her family.
“She really loves kids. She really loves making a difference in the lives of young people,” Anthony said.
Now, the community is rallying around her.
“Just to get all the support that I’ve been getting is huge. It’s been helping me get by,” Anthony said.
Anthony is also thankful Sacramento put up the new electronic speed limit sign after the crash.
Sacramento police detective Krista Koppinger said this is one of seven signs that rotate around problem areas in the city. She said they are temporarily placed in areas that garner a lot of complaints about crashes and speeding. While police are still investigating how fast each driver was traveling, Koppinger said the new sign was placed in North Natomas two days after the crash.
“It can only help if anything,” Anthony said. “Just to let drivers know how fast they should be going in that area if they don’t know.”
Police are still investigating. No arrests have been made.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist the family.