Facts: Rudy Stanko was driving on the Montana State Highway 200 when he was pulled over by Officer Kenneth Breidenbach, a member of the Montana Highway Patrol. Stanko had been driving his vehicle at a steady 85 miles per hour at a location that was “narrow, had no shoulders, and was broken up by an occasional frost heave.” This location also included curves and hills which obscured vision of the roadway head. The actual roadway held no other drivers at this time during the day. Stanko had been driving his new 1996 Chevrolet Camaro, with brakes, tires, and a steering wheel that were all in perfect operating conditions.
RECONSTRUCTION PRE-CRASH: On 05-26-2015 at approximately 2223 hours, Vehicle 1 was eastbound on Fletcher Avenue in the outside lane, just west of and approaching the intersection of 22nd Street. There was a heavy downpour of rain and the driver of Vehicle 1 did not see Pedestrian 1 crossing Fletcher Avenue. Pedestrian 1 was walking southbound across Fletcher Avenue, in or near the marked crosswalk, on the west side of 22nd Street. Pedestrian 1 was walking against the “Do Not Walk” signal, for pedestrian traffic.
One of the tractor trailers held a diesel fuel tank, and police said it was lucky that it did not roll or catch fire. Police closed Interstate 790 this morning and relocated drivers to Interstate 690. Interstate 690 has a three-hour
Driver of vehicle 1, Renneker stated she picked up four customers for a carriage ride before traveling southbound on South Leonor K Sullivan Boulevard. Renneker said she observed the bridle over the horse eyes fall off; at which, she stopped and exited the carriage to reapply them. Renneker said she advised the passnegers to exit the carriage while she was reapply the bridle. Renneker said as she was reappling the bridle a helicopter took off from the landing paid and she believed it spooked the hourse. Renneker said the house took off running southbound on South Leonor K Sullivan.
The Remembrance Of The Hurricane Creek Mine Disaster December 30, 1970 is the day everything changed for 39 families in the small town of Leslie County, Kentucky. The Hurricane Creek explosion was the most deadly coal mine disaster in eastern Kentucky history, and remains the most lethal mining disaster in America in the last 45 years(Lexington Herald Leader). The Hurricane Creek mine disaster was very devastating for the families, friends, and the one man that lived that day. The coal mines play a huge role in the job industry in Kentucky. This tragedy caused the whole company to shut down, which put a lot of people out of work.
One driver was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. The northbound lanes of U.S. 231 and the eastbound lane of State Street were closed for about one hour while crews cleared the travel lanes. The road has since been
Our 4 ½ day trip is finally over. We left from Florida to go to Yosemite National Park in California. Let me just say we beat the license plate game about 10 times and you have no idea how hard it was to find a New York license plate. I heard somewhere that one of the park’s most famous attractions at one point was a waterfall of fire and I wanted to come here and see if it was still here, too bad
And when they took off for their journey to the Grand Canyon their car broke
‘A Wall of Mud’ in California, and Warnings to Heed El Niño The article “A Wall of Mud’, in California, and Warnings to Heed El Niño” by Ian Lovett talks about the mudslides and heavy rain in Southern of California. The heavy rain and mud toward the north of Los Angeles on Thursday, resulted in blocking Interstate 5. Therefore all the traffic stopped and many travelers were stuck on the roads. In the article, Jessica Rose talked about how she saw the mudslide.
Surge protection indicates the particular protection scope against property misfortune from flooding. To decide hazard components for particular properties, safety net providers will regularly allude to geographical maps that mean marshes, floodplains and floodways that are powerless to flooding. Substance 1 In the United States 2 In the United Kingdom 3 In Canada 4 References In the United States Flooding coming about because of Hurricane Katrina Across the country, just 20% of American homes at danger for surges are secured by surge protection. Most private back up plans don't protect against the danger of surge because of the predominance of unfavorable determination, which is the buy of protection by persons most influenced
Without headlights it was slow going, but Sergeant Jackman next to him or any of the other drivers were willing to use any kind of light, and the full moon ensured that they didn’t have too. “What the hell?” mumbled the Sergeant as he leaned forward in his seat. It took only a second to find what the man was talking about. Up ahead three military trucks sat in the road. Two were blown to either side while the other was sat overturned and laying across the road.
We offer the toll officer a dollar and an oxen, he accepts and now we have only fifty cents to make it the rest of the way to oregon. We now are following the Barlow Road around Mt. Hood , it is a really rough road, it is really narrow and steep. The oxen are having a really hard time pulling the wagon up the steep hill, this is causing our oxen to go even slower than they were before. We are all exhausted and can’t wait till we get to our new home.
Nearly all of our windows are broken from the intense wind. It ain’t pretty. After a lot of talking, my parents decided that we’re going to California! At first, Papa was worried that Route 66 was dangerous for Jimmy and I,
Mann Gulch Disaster Dodge led a small team of smoke jumpers to fight a seemingly routine 10 o’clock forest fire. Unbeknownst to any team member, they would soon find themselves in a critical situation. Shortly after landing, the wind suddenly changed direction, changing the intensity and course of the fire. In turn, it prevented the team from reaching the river, their only safety net.
Weather Bad weather interrupts roads and make obstacles for cars and drivers by making the road hard to drive on and arrive at proper time to their destinations. Heavy rain can
