A motor-vehicle accident with injuries is reported at the intersection of routes 237 and 33, Stafford. Stafford Fire Department is responding along with two Mercy medic units and law enforcement. Mercy Flight is available if needed.
UPDATE 9:32 a.m.: A responder reports one male has head injuries and another has chest injuries.
UPDATE 9:34 a.m.: A medic says Mercy Flight will not be needed.
UPDATE 9:51 a.m.: One patient is being transported to Strong Memorial Hospital. Two flatbed tows are called in.
UPDATE 10:02 a.m.: The second patient is also being taken to Strong.
UPDATE 10:16 a.m.: The Stafford assignment is back in service.
UPDATE 12:35 p.m. (by Howard): The white Suburban was driven by Barry Taylor who was traveling south on Route 237. He approached the stop sign and stopped. The Toyota, operated by Kevin Huber, of Pembroke, was eastbound on Route 33, at which time Taylor reportedly entered the intersection, according to Deputy John Duyssen.
C'mon, slow down, don't pass
C'mon, slow down, don't pass on the right, wait for oncoming traffic, look both ways at least twice...etc..etc. This intersection is wide open for visibility in all directions. Accidents can only happen there because of bad driver judgement.
I hope everyone is alright. Lets get through the holidays without an accident such as the one that happened near that intersection last year (Collin Crane).
Witnessed a lady die there @
Witnessed a lady die there @ 33 & 237 because some jerk ran the stop. I sight I cannot remove from my brain.
Time to put a roundabout
Time to put a roundabout there!!! I wonder how many acccidents and fatals have been there over the past 10 years.....
Roundabouts went out of style
Roundabouts went out of style way back when & now they are back & twice as dangerous because people STOP at the yield signs & the guy behind them rearends the jerks that stop.. Where ever they place one of them stupid things I always find a different way to go to get where I have to be.. Like people stopping at a green light & then wonder why the guy behind them flips them the bird!! Stop, Look,& Listen like you were taught when you strted to drive.. It is Better than any old stupid round about/traffic circle any day of the week..
I'll bet that most drivers when they come up to a stop sign when they are going west & going to cross a north/south highway usually LOOK to their right first, & the car to the left piles into them because that lane is ALWAYS closest to your vehicle.. I always look to my left when I come up to a stop sign or even when I am coming up to a street that has a stop sign for the other people & not me.. IT is called "defensive driving" & it saves lives unless you are really stupid, blonde, or a drunk driver & then you do not belong ON the highway at all.. lol
There are three primary
There are three primary reasons that traffic circles/roundabouts went out of style: they monopolize or otherwise render real estate less suitable for commercial development, they were replaced by electronic traffic control systems that USED to be inexpensive to maintain; they reduce the speed at which all arteries enter and exit the intersection which in the case of mingling two and four-lane highways isn't always desirable.
The reason ANY intersection becomes dangerous (line-of-sight issues not withstanding) boils down to drivers who are either confused, inattentive or otherwise negligent.