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CanonRay

(14,804 posts) Tue Sep 21, 2021, 09:21 AM Sep 2021

Local ambulance district employee dies in Highway 126 crash

Our daily dose of mayhem on Highway 126. This one hit especially hard

https://thesiuslawnews.com/article/local-ambulance-district-employee-dies-in-highway-126-crash?fbclid=IwAR3D1Kyq1CWUCHFkoEBiZid24rsbEYAwSzWOrjlgc8a9pgOrwzu7INB-DaM

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Local ambulance district employee dies in Highway 126 crash (Original Post) CanonRay Sep 2021 OP

I can literally see 126 off in the distance from my front porch... Binkie The Clown Sep 2021 #1

I drive on 126 regularly from the coast. In a lot of places there is very little shoulder to get jalan48 Sep 2021 #2

Yup, almost guaranteed roll over CanonRay Sep 2021 #3

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

1. I can literally see 126 off in the distance from my front porch...

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 10:40 AM

Sep 2021

...but I avoid driving on it whenever possible.
It's scary as crap the further east you get from Springfield, but even in town there have been an awful lot of pedestrian fatalities over the years.

jalan48

(14,323 posts)

2. I drive on 126 regularly from the coast. In a lot of places there is very little shoulder to get

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 12:46 PM

Sep 2021

over to, if an accident happens there's no place to go except into the trees or river.

CanonRay

(14,804 posts)

3. Yup, almost guaranteed roll over

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 12:59 PM

Sep 2021

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