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2022-08-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

5 Kids Among 7 Killed When Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Into Van on I-90 in McHenry County

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 06:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Illuminated Interstate section with three lanes East, three lanes West. Almost have to be aiming for another vehicle. 2:11 a.m. I'm calling suicide, drugs, alcohol, or a combination.

Beyond sad.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 06:47|| 2022-08-01 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Driving east on I-80 in north central PeeAve some years ago, I saw oncoming headlights through a pretty heavy snowfall. As the westbound lanes were separated from the east by a couple hundred yards of median there, I got really nervous slowed down and prepared for a bad situation. It was an odd sense of relief I felt when I saw the headlights that should not be there belonged to a car that had just flipped and come to rest upside down on the berm.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-01 06:59|| 2022-08-01 06:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Tragic

That stretch of road is just south of Marengo, Illinois. I've driven it more times than I can remember.

Straight and flat. Only one or two places to make a mistake getting on the wrong way for westbound lanes, and they are 8-10 miles west of where the crash occurred (33.5 mile post).

At that time of the morning I'd guess alcohol.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-01 08:00|| 2022-08-01 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 On a happier note, I suspect this link and farm may bring some memories Richard.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-08-01 08:11|| 2022-08-01 08:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Thank you, Mr. Visitor. Looks like a great place to take the grandchildren.

I've never been there, but will put it on my list of places to go.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-08-01 09:08|| 2022-08-01 09:08|| Front Page Top

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