The intersection of U.S. 1 and Ray Road near Nease High School is the focus of calls for change following a crash that critically injured two students.
Sisters Mackenzie Felmet, 17, and Sydney Felmet, 15, were flown to hospitals after the crash on Monday after school.
Action News Jax spoke with recent Nease High School graduate Zach Yearwood, who said he ran track with Mackenzie.
Teens recovering after crash at 'dangerous intersection' near Nease High School
He said he nearly got in accidents when he was a student.
"Because of the angle, you can’t see what’s coming,” he said.
Florida Highway Patrol told Action News Jax there have been six crashes at the intersection in the last year.
Half of the crashes involved injuries.
Yearwood started one of several online petitions that aims to make the intersection safer.
"If they can get a traffic light there within the next month, that’d be great,” he said.
FDOT told Action News Jax they’re working to add a traffic light, but designs are only 60 percent complete.
They said the light likely won’t be put in till the end of 2017.
Yearwood said that’s too long.
"It’s just another day that something bad could happen, like what happened yesterday," he said.
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St. Johns County Sheriff’s deputies directed traffic near the intersection on Tuesday afternoon but Yearwood said the danger remains after they leave.
Nighttime video from the Action News Jax First Alert Storm Tracker shows what it’s like for vehicles to try and make a left turn across several lanes of traffic.
The same turn the sisters were trying to make when they were T-boned and critically injured.
“It’s an extremely dangerous intersection that’s tough for even experienced drivers to navigate through,” Yearwood said.
FDOT said they’re trying to speed up the project to get it started earlier than originally planned.
The Nease High School Parent, Teacher and Student Organization set up a conference call with state and county officials about putting a traffic light in sooner.