INDIANAPOLIS -- Sometimes the only way to get something done, is to do it yourself.
That's why one Zionsville mother is stepping up and calling attention to what she tells us is a very dangerous road for drivers in Zionsville.
Just last week in Zionsville, police responded to a head-on collision in the 8200 block of Oak Street.
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The crash left one driver trapped inside her vehicle with broken hips and legs. The driver in the other car, an 82-year-old woman, was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital.
And that is the day that Zionsville resident Nicole Adams received a text from her dad telling her is now the time to speak.
"There are certainly accidents on Oak Street that have happened that did not have to happen," Nicole Adams said.
Adams and her family have lived in Zionsville for years, traveling down Oak Street, also known as County Road 334, daily.
"We had no clue that it was as dangerous as it is," she said.
On June 3, 2015, the Adams family packed their bags and set out westbound on Oak Street for a family vacation, only to find themselves in a serious crash just blocks from their home.
Their family van hit the back of a dump truck, breaking Nicole's back in three places.
"So many people are saying, 'Oh, what happened?' so you start sharing the story and then you start hearing about these accidents that have happened on Oak Street," Adams said.
Her friend, Jill Meyers, lives along Oak Street near the area where the Adams family crashed.
"I know in the last three months, there's been one a month," she said.
Meyers recalls one collision that shook her family's sense of security as they watched a multiple vehicle crash right in front of their house.
"So we took off running to see if there is anything we could do to help, yelled at my children to run back to the house to get rags so we could try to help stop the bleeding," Meyers said.
And it's stories like that one that other Zionsville residents are sharing on a Facebook page Adams created this week that is already gaining some traction.
"Just to get the word out there to let people know that this is dangerous. Let's have the conversation with our children. Let's have the conversation with our spouses," Adams said.
Within 24 hours of the Facebook group's creation a new speed limit sign was posted along Oak Street.
"We know that this is just a band-aid on a huge problem," Adams said.
According to the Boone County Sheriff's Department, there were 14 crashes at that intersection in 2015.
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