November 22, 2009
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Few serious wrecks mark holiday weekend
A few traffic crashes marked the Memorial Day weekend on the region’s highways.
A count of accidents worked by the Missouri State Highway Patrol was unavailable Monday night. A counting period for the holiday weekend the patrol uses in the calculation was not due to expire until midnight.
The patrol’s Troop H was involved in a program that provided maximum manpower during the weekend. The “10-mile trooper project” was designed to assign a trooper every 10 miles on Interstate 29, a highway specifically designated for the effort.
One fatality was reported in Northwest Missouri before the weekend ended. Angela D. Brown, 34, of Trenton, was killed in rural Grundy County Saturday night when she swerved the Jeep she was driving to avoid a deer. Her daughter, 13-year-old Corda L. Brown, was taken to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton for treatment of minor injuries.
An Omaha, Neb., man received moderate injuries Monday night when he lost control of a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 36 east of St. Joseph, the patrol said.
Stephen D. Turner, 54, was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center for treatment, according to a report.
The wreck occurred at 6:18 p.m., three miles east of St. Joseph in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 36. Mr. Turner lost control of the 1986 Suzuki motorcycle, which traveled off the left side of the highway and entered the median. The motorcycle overturned, ejecting Mr. Turner — who was wearing a helmet. The motorcycle landed in the median.
Ray Scherer can be reached
at rscherer@npgco.com.
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.....do not swerve to avoid hitting a deer. In the big picture, the life of a deer is worthless; the life of a human is priceless. This 13 year old girl is now left without her mother, essentially because of a wild animal! My prayers are with the Brown family.
"The patrol’s Troop H was involved in a program that provided maximum manpower during the weekend. The “10-mile trooper project” was designed to assign a trooper every 10 miles on Interstate 29, a highway specifically designated for the effort."
I wish the Troop (who have a broad area to cover in NW Missouri) had the funding/manpower to do this (or even half of this) on a regular basis. This morning cars were flying on I-29 at 85-90 mph, in the rain, half of them without lights on. Every afternoon, there's always some car zipping through lanes, cutting people off, tailgating others, while talking on the cell phone, etc. I'm surprised there's not more accidents.
I was out on I-29 over the weekend and there were MANY of them patroling and radaring,keeping the roads safe- and it was actually peaceful to drive!!!!
Praise to you, Troop H, in all you do to make our community and outlying areas a safer place for all of us. It's understood that you can't be everywhere at once, but when you ARE there, it's most appreciated.