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Fatal Accidents * USA - Occur at intersections with flashing lights
Distracted drivers and big rigs make for a deadly pair at unregulated intersectionJacksonville,FL,USA -The Florida Times-Union, by DANA TREEN & MATT COLEMAN -28 June 2007: -- When tons of concrete and a load of automobiles crushed into other vehicles in separate fatal accidents just hours apart Wednesday, the collisions occurred beneath flashing lights designed to warn and protect drivers on busy intersections... In their tragic aftermath, the deadly accidents instead raise questions about the safety of flashers and highlight the dangers and distractions of road increasingly shared by huge trucks and smaller vehicles... About 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, a pregnant Leila J. Davis, 37, of St. Augustine Beach pulled beneath a flashing red light into the path of a fully loaded concrete truck on Florida 16 west of the Shands Bridge in Clay County... The truck driver, also warned of the intersection by a flashing yellow light, could not avoid Davis' Kia minivan, smashing into its side and driving it 150 feet into the median, killing Davis and her unborn child, said Lt. Bill Leeper of the Florida Highway Patrol... (Photo: At least eight vehicles were damaged at Nimnicht Chevrolet around 1:30 a.m. when a car ran a flashing red light at the intersection of Cassat Avenue and Park Street and struck a fully loaded car carrier Wednesday)
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