EVANS CITY — A Harrison Street resident said at the April 6 council meeting that three recent accidents near his home warrant action by borough officials.

William Westerman, who is also the Adams Township Police Chief, told the council that on Dec. 13, a car hit his police cruiser so hard that it pushed the car into his daughter’s Jeep Cherokee.

“He totaled the police car,” Westerman said of the driver, who was quickly apprehended near Connoquenessing.

On Jan. 15, Westerman said a driver plowed into his daughter’s car.

“It was hit hard enough that it pushed it 6 feet up the street,” Westerman said.

Then on Good Friday, Westerman said a pickup truck parked near his home was hit by a motorist.

“The speed limit is not posted on the whole street,” Westerman said, “but it’s a residential district, so it ought to be 25 (mph).”

Westerman said residents of the nearby senior citizen high-rise, President’s Square, frequently walk nearby. A local pastor and his toddler son also walk to Westminster United Presbyterian Church on East Main Street, and several residents walk their dogs where the accidents have occurred.

“If they can’t see cars, they’re not going to see people,” Westerman said. “We just need something to be done before somebody gets hurt.”

Westerman said the accidents were the only ones he could remember in the 30-plus years he has lived on Harrison Street.

Council President Lee Dyer said on Monday that motorists use Harrison Street as a shortcut to Mars-Evans City Road. Dyer wonders how a driver could get up enough speed between the existing stop signs on the street to cause the damage sustained near Westerman’s home.

“There are two stop signs, but unfortunately, those signs are not always observed,” Dyer said.

Dyer said he plans to discuss the situation with police chief Joe McCombs to devise a plan, which could include additional signage and an increased police presence in the area.

Westerman said something should be done about the situation before an injury or worse occurs.

“I’m asking council to consider the problem and see what we can work out,” Westerman said.