Another Tragedy on Highway 95

[G M <herecomestheflood@yahoo.com>]

My understanding is that there were three fatalities
in
the horrible accident south of Moscow on Highway 95
today.  I also understand that a small child is in the
hospital tonight as a result of that accident.

Apparently a semi crossed the center line and hit two
small vehicles just after 12 noon near, I believe,
milepost 340 (I think it was on the incredibly
dangerous stretch of road where 3 northbound lanes
merge into two at a downhill curve about three miles
outside of town.  Not sure what the name of that hill
is even though I've commuted that route for over ten
years and seen other fatal accidents at that site.)

As fate would have it, I was delayed just long enough
in Moscow today to not be at that point at that time
on my commute.  Instead I left a few minutes later
than planned and was stopped at the edge of town by
MPD and told I would need to go through Pullman to get
to Lewiston.

These tragic accidents always have a profound impact
on me and, to some degree, anger me.  With all of the
carnage we see on our nation's highways, all of the
lives lost or forever damaged, all of the victim's
families who endure their own pain, it seems there is
very little attention paid to this ongoing legacy of
death and destruction.  No Partnership for an
Accident-Free America, no presidential or
congressional efforts to focus attention on the
destruction that results from
less-than-well-engineered highways and dangerous
driving.

Where is the leadership on this issue?


Greg Meyer

 



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