The city of Antioch is adding reinforcements to prevent sideshows near its marina after an incident over the weekend caused several collisions and injured three people.
It’s one of two changes to prevent sideshows in the area, but it’s still a work in progress.
“I think I’m in danger,” said Kangli Huang of Antioch, who sat quietly in his car with his wife and toddler until the sideshow wrapped up.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. A sideshow took place in the same Antioch Marina Harbor and Smith's Landing parking lots over the weekend, leading to a car hitting a fire hydrant, several collisions, and injuring three people.
“It’s very frustrating but it’s more frustrating for the residents and businesses that have to live with this each night,” said councilman Mike Barbanica. He said that changes will be added to the marina to address the problem, preventing cars from accessing the boat launch parking lot.
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