A roadway in an affluent area of Fresno has turned into a potential death trap. And so much wreckage has been captured on video just from the past two years, a YouTube channel was created solely to showcase the dangers of traveling through that northeast Fresno intersection of Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue. Like the name of the YouTube channel, the three-way intersection has been dubbed the Friant Roulette. Think you can survive traveling through an intersection where drivers have been known to run through red lights? At times, vehicles have been T-boned and people have suffered serious injuries. A year ago, a young woman driving through the intersection was killed. Fresno lawyer Warren Paboojian, who has represented numerous clients injured or killed near Friant and Shepherd, didn’t hold back when describing the deadly spot. “That intersection is death row.” Despite the growing concern for the intersection, there have been no quick-fix efforts or long-term solutions in place to solve the Friant Roulette problem. And the City of Fresno currently does not have any redesign plans for the Friant-Shepherd intersection…
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