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KY - Major accident snarls I-64/US 23 interchange
Sherman Cahal 4 March 2005 22:20:11
	http://www.dailyindependent.com/articles/2005/03/04/news/01fatalaccident04.txt The driver of the Accord was at fault as she ran through a traffic light into the path of a tractor trailer. The interchange was recently expanded to include 'doghouse' signals with adequate signage explaining the situation. The signal configurations are found throughout the region and state. -- Ohio woman dies in collision By KENNETH HART - The Independent CATLETTSBURG An Ohio woman was killed Thursday in a violent collision involving a tanker truck hauling diesel fuel. Sabrina M. Row's car was ripped in half after it was broadsided by a tractor-trailer at the junction of U.S. 23 and Interstate 64. The accident occurred just after 3 p.m. According to Boyd County Sheriff Terry Keelin, Row, 24, of Proctorville, was attempting to turn left from U.S. 23 onto the eastbound freeway entrance ramp and pulled into the path of the northbound truck, driven by Larry Conley, 56, of Worthington. Following the impact, both vehicles went through a guardrail and over the grassy slope adjacent to the ramp. The rear portion of Row's car snagged on the guardrail. The front half - with the driver inside - was shoved over the hill by the truck. A pink shoebox and a child's shoe were laying on the blacktop next to the back half of the car. Row was pronounced dead at the scene by Boyd County Coroner Keith Moore. Emergency crews worked for more than an hour to remove her body from the twisted remains of her Honda Accord. Conley, the truck driver, sat in the grass nearby, uninjured but obviously shaken. Conley was subsequently taken to King's Daughters Medical Center to be examined, Keelin said. Keelin said both drivers apparently had a green light as they approached the intersection. A witness in a vehicle behind the truck told authorities the light was green and that Row turned in front of the rig, he said. A sign at the intersection warns that motorists turning left onto the interstate must yield to oncoming traffic when the light is green. Keelin said many drivers don't realize that a solid green light at an intersection like the one where Thursday's accident occurred means that the light is green in both directions. "A lot of times, people will just focus on the light itself," he said. On the other hand, if a signal is displaying a green arrow, it means the driver in that lane has the right of way and that oncoming vehicles must stop, he said. The tanker truck remained upright. Some diesel fuel leaked from one of the vehicle's saddle tanks, but none came out of the trailer, which was fully loaded, said Mike Branham, chief of the England Hill Volunteer Fire Department. In addition to England Hill, fire departments from Catlettsburg, Cannonsburg, Kenova and Marathon Ashland Petroleum's Catlettsburg refinery responded to the accident. The eastbound lanes of I-64 were blocked by emergency vehicles and closed for about two hours. Traffic was diverted off the interstate at the Catlettsburg exit.
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Richard 4 March 2005 22:53:00 [ permanent link ]
	On 4 Mar 2005 10:20:11 -0800 Sherman Cahal wrote: http://www.dailyindependent.com/articles/2005/03/04/news/01fatalaccident04> .txt> The driver of the Accord was at fault as she ran through a traffic> light into the path of a tractor trailer. The interchange was recently> expanded to include 'doghouse' signals with adequate signage explaining> the situation. The signal configurations are found throughout the> region and state.> Sounds like the DOT could be blamed for this. Who in the hell ever heard of giving two opposing directions the green light? That's only asking for trouble. When I approach a light, it's green, I expect the opposing traffic to be stopped. Isn't this what traffic lights are designed to do? Control the flow of traffic to prevent accidents?
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Sherman Cahal 4 March 2005 23:19:07 [ permanent link ]
	Richard wrote:> On 4 Mar 2005 10:20:11 -0800 Sherman Cahal wrote:> http://www.dailyindependent.com/articles/2005/03/04/news/01fatalaccident04> > .txt> > The driver of the Accord was at fault as she ran through a traffic> > light into the path of a tractor trailer. The interchange was recently> > expanded to include 'doghouse' signals with adequate signage explaining> > the situation. The signal configurations are found throughout the> > region and state.> > Sounds like the DOT could be blamed for this.> Who in the hell ever heard of giving two opposing directions the green> light?> That's only asking for trouble.> When I approach a light, it's green, I expect the opposing traffic to stopped.> Isn't this what traffic lights are designed to do? Control the flow traffic to prevent accidents? Did you not read the article at all? Both northbound and southbound traffic had green lights, with the left turn from southbound US 23 to eastbound Interstate 64 being controlled by, essentially, a yield sign. They had no green arrow for their turn, and with a sign stating that they must yield when they have no green arrow, they were violating the law by not yielding to northbound traffic.
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H . B . Elkins 5 March 2005 00:01:57 [ permanent link ]
	On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:53:00 -0600, Richard wrote: Sounds like the DOT could be blamed for this.>Who in the hell ever heard of giving two opposing directions the green>light?>That's only asking for trouble.>When I approach a light, it's green, I expect the opposing traffic to be>stopped.>Isn't this what traffic lights are designed to do? Control the flow of>traffic to prevent accidents? Not traffic from a side road, but traffic on the same road in the opposite direction. She made a left turn on a green light, in front of oncoming traffic. This intersection has the type of signal that at one point in the cycle, traffic turning left can make a protected turn under a green arrow, while oncoming traffic has a red light; while during the rest of the cycle, both directions have a green and it's incumbent on the left turning motorist to make sure no traffic is oncoming. -- To reply by e-mail, remove the "restrictor plate"
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Richard 5 March 2005 02:25:31 [ permanent link ]
	On 4 Mar 2005 12:01:57 -0800 H.B. Elkins wrote: On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:53:00 -0600, Richard wrote:> Sounds like the DOT could be blamed for this.>>Who in the hell ever heard of giving two opposing directions the green>>light?>>That's only asking for trouble.>>When I approach a light, it's green, I expect the opposing traffic to be>>stopped.>>Isn't this what traffic lights are designed to do? Control the flow of>>traffic to prevent accidents?> Not traffic from a side road, but traffic on the same road in the opposite> direction.> She made a left turn on a green light, in front of oncoming traffic. This> intersection has the type of signal that at one point in the cycle,> traffic turning left can make a protected turn under a green arrow, while> oncoming traffic has a red light; while during the rest of the cycle, both> directions have a green and it's incumbent on the left turning motorist to> make sure no traffic is oncoming.> From the way the article was written, I was under the impression that for some reason, two opposing directions had green lights. Thanks for the clarification. I've seen it myself only to many times, where someone will dart out in front of me thinking they have time to get by. So far, I've not hit anybody. I just wonder how fast she was travelling in order to be pushed around like that.
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Sherman Cahal 5 March 2005 02:57:27 [ permanent link ]
	Richard wrote:> On 4 Mar 2005 12:01:57 -0800 H.B. Elkins wrote:> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 12:53:00 -0600, Richard wrote:> > Sounds like the DOT could be blamed for this.> >>Who in the hell ever heard of giving two opposing directions the green> >>light?> >>That's only asking for trouble.> >>When I approach a light, it's green, I expect the opposing traffic to be> >>stopped.> >>Isn't this what traffic lights are designed to do? Control the flow traffic to prevent accidents?> > Not traffic from a side road, but traffic on the same road in the opposite> > direction.> > She made a left turn on a green light, in front of oncoming traffic. This> > intersection has the type of signal that at one point in the cycle,> > traffic turning left can make a protected turn under a green arrow, while> > oncoming traffic has a red light; while during the rest of the cycle, both> > directions have a green and it's incumbent on the left turning motorist to> > make sure no traffic is oncoming.> > From the way the article was written, I was under the impression that some reason, two opposing directions had green lights.> Thanks for the clarification.> I've seen it myself only to many times, where someone will dart out in front> of me thinking they have time to get by.> So far, I've not hit anybody.> I just wonder how fast she was travelling in order to be pushed around like> that. Well, I am assuming that the tractor trailer was going around 55 MPH at the beginning of the interchange, since US 23 north and south of the exit are 55 MPH with the southern part more sparase and empty -- so you'll typically find vehicles and trucks going 65 to 70 MPH. The driver of the car was inattentive and was probably going around it at about 15 MPH. The impact of the truck sent it to the shoulder of northbound US 23, where it rammed into a guardrail and ran down an emankment coming to a rest next to eastbound Interstate 64.
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Bzpa136 5 March 2005 13:36:52 [ permanent link ]
	I understand being comprehensive, but did the article really have to explain what happens when you have a solid green and when you have a green arrow? Or is this not covered in the KY driver's manual?
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