Isiganeko emva kwengozi "yekhephu" kwi-Stevenson Freeway ngoFebruwari kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwashiya abantu ababini befile. I-Hyundai Veloster yayikhwele imfumba yekhephu kumantla eStevenson phakathi kweDamen kunye ne-Ashland Avenues, yaphuka (ezantsi) phakathi. babulawa.
Yi-SUV yakhe enokubulala umntu xa ephantsi kakhulu emhlabeni kwiSitalato saseLake esixakekileyo eDuPage County.
“Ndikhumbula ndibeka ubuso nezandla zam kwivili lokuqhuba ngokungathi ndinqwenela ukuba akukho mntu apho,” utshilo uRamos oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala ikontraka yaseGlendale Heights.
Akazange aqaphele ukuba icala eliya kumntla le-Interstate 355 atyibilikele kulo lalizele likhephu elilinyiweyo. Le ngozi ingalindelekanga imqhubela emoyeni kunye ne-SUV yakhe njengethampu inceda i-snowboarder ukuba ihambe.
Zonke izinto ezicatshangelwayo, uRamos wayenethamsanqa.Wasinda kwi-22-foot drop.Akazange alimale kakhulu.Ukuhla kwakhe kanzima akuzange kubulale nabani na omnye.
Ngexesha lohambo lweeveki ezimbini eChicago naseMilwaukee ngoFebruwari ophelileyo, ubuncinci ezinye iimoto ezine zakhwela i-snowbanks phezu kwemiqobo yokukhusela kwiindlela ezinkulu zaseChicago naseMilwaukee. -indoda endala kunye nomfazi ona-22.
Akukho arhente karhulumente ibala ezi ngozi zinqabileyo kodwa ezimanyumnyezi.I-Chicago Sun-Times iye yabhala iziganeko ze-51 ezinjalo "zokuthambeka kwekhephu" ukususela ngo-1994, kuquka neyonyaka ophelileyo ePortland, e-Oregon, apho indoda eneminyaka engama-57 ubudala yatsiba ukusuka kwibhulorho ngexesha. isaqhwithi sekhephu Bhabha phantsi kwaye uwele ekufeni kwakhe kuMlambo waseColumbia. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iziganeko ezibini zenzeke kwi-Interstate 90 eCleveland.
Kwiiveki zokugqibela zika-2000, eChicago, iimoto ezisithoba zabetha kwimizila ye-Chicago Transit Authority emva kokufumba phezu kwekhephu kumacala omabini ohola wendlela.
Eminye iminyaka imbi kakhulu kuneminye.Uphononongo lwe-Sun-Times lweengxelo zengozi, izimangalo, amaxwebhu karhulumente kunye neengxelo zeendaba zibonisa ukuba iingozi zivame ukwenzeka ngamaqela ngexesha lobusika obunekhephu, kunye nabasebenzi abalima ngokuphindaphindiweyo.
Ngokubanzi, iingozi ezibandakanya izithuthi ezibhabha zisuka kwikhephu koohola beendlela eziphakamileyo zigqalwa “njengeziganeko ezingaqhelekanga.”
Nangona zingenzeki yonke imihla, iingcali zokhuseleko ezindleleni zithi nazo zinokuthintelwa ubukhulu becala.
Abaqhubi abaninzi abalijongi njengeyingozi ikhephu elisecaleni likahola wendlela. ULawrence M. Levine, injineli ephuma kumantla eNew York, wathi abantu abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba imiqobo ekhonkrithi ecaleni kohola wendlela iyaphuncuka. uhlale endleleni, yaye uye wasebenza kumatyala amaninzi enkundla njengoko iingcali zoMkhenkce nekhephu zingqina.
“Ukuba uthe wafumba ikhephu kuyo, uya kwaphula izixhobo zokhuseleko ngenene,” utshilo u-Levin.
URamos wemka i-I-355 ngentsasa yomhla we-16 kaFebruwari 2021. Wayesingise emantla kwindlela yasekhohlo. Kwakunekhephu, kodwa wathi indlela, igcinwe liSebe lezoThutho lase-Illinois, ibonakala ilinyiwe kwaye inetyuwa, “inesiqingatha. i-intshi ukuya kwi-intshi” yekhephu egxalabeni lakhe lasekhohlo lingena kwindlela yakhe yokuhamba. Wathi wayengaqhubi ngokukhawuleza kuba wayenendawo yokuthenga ivili elitsha.Amanye amavili akhe ngamavili ekhephu.
UKevin Ramos waseGlendale Heights wayeqhuba kwi-Interstate 355 ngoFebruwari 16, 2021, xa iJeep Grand Cherokee yakhe yatyibilika kwiindledlana ezintathu yaza yabetha Ucingo lwekhonkrithi olugqunywe likhephu lwamkhupha kwibhulorho ukuya eLake Street.below 20 feet.
Ngamazantsi eSitalato saseLake, uRamos uthe wabetha ibhloko yomkhenkce egqunywe likhephu.I-jeep yakhe inemisila yentlanzi.Walungisa ngokugqithisileyo watyibilika.
Isithuthi esijikelezayo sijike ngasekunene sinqumla kwiindledlana ezintathu, sityibilika kwi-perpendicular ukuya kwi-34.5-intshi-ubude be-concrete guardrail ebekufanele ukuba igcine isithuthi singaphambuki emphethweni.
Kodwa ikhephu elilinyiweyo, lixutywe ngokuchasene nomqobo, njenge-ramp njengoko uRamos wathi, phantse ifike phezulu kumqobo.I-SUV ikhwela phezulu.
“Ngethuba imoto yam inyuka ngayo, yenzeke ngesantya esicothayo kangangokuba andizange ndikholelwe ukuba ingaqengqeleka,” utshilo.
Abakhweli ngasemva kwiJeep yakhe behla kuqala, kwiSitalato iLake. Isithuthi emva koko saya phambili, kwaye ngenxa yesizathu esithile, amavili ehla, eshiya umqhubi ozayo enonyawo olunye kuphela kwiziqhoboshi. Ummangaliso, abazange bambethe. .Kwaye akazange abethe naziphi na iimoto.
UKevin Ramos weJeep Grand Cherokee eGlendale Heights ngoFebruwari 16, 2021 utyibilika kwiindlela ezintathu kwaye ukhwela irempu kwiVeterans Memorial Turnpike eIllinois, Ukuthambeka kwekhephu kubethe umqobo kwaye kwawa ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-20 kwiLake Street ezantsi kwindawo exakekileyo. indlela.
Iingozi zokutsiba zinokoyikisa kuba zikholisa ukwenzeka kwiindlela ezinyukayo zohola wendlela, kwiindawo ezidlula ngaphezulu, okanye kwiibhulorho eziphakamileyo phezu komhlaba—iindlela ezivulelekileyo ziba ngumkhenkce ngokukhawuleza kuneminye imiphezulu.
Abasindileyo bathi abazange bazive besengozini kuba iindledlana zokuhamba zikhangeleka zicocekile kwaye akukho khephu, kwaye babecinga ukuba udonga lusenokuwashukumisa kodwa luza kubagcina endleleni.
Nge-12 kaFebruwari, 2021, kwiintsuku ezine ngaphambi kokuba uKevin Ramos abhabhe ukusuka kwi-I-355, abantu ababini babulawa kwingozi yemoto ecaleni kwendlela eStevenson Freeway, eyafumba. Ikhephu yenye yezinto.
I-Hyundai Veloster ka-2013 eyayithwele amadoda amabini kunye nabasetyhini ababini, bobabini abakwiminyaka yabo yama-20, babesinge emantla phakathi kweDamen kunye ne-Ashland avenues malunga ne-4am. .
Imoto yatsiba kwicala lasekunene likahola wendlela, yabetha intambo zombane kunye nepali yesibane, yaza yawela kangangeemitha ezingama-43 kwibala lengca elikufutshane neSitalato iRobinson, apho yagqabhuka kubini.
Umsebenzi wayekwindawo yexhwayelo ngoFebruwari ophelileyo emva kokuba imoto yaqengqeleka ikhephu kuhola wendlela iStevenson yaza yabhabha yemka kuhola wendlela. Bobabini babulawa.
Umqhubi oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala, uBulmaro Gomez, uchaze umngcwabo wakhe kwiphepha leGoFundMe "njengonobuhlobo kakhulu" kwaye "uhlala onwabile" ngokusweleka komkhweli wakhe oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala, uGriselda Zavala. isitulo ngasemva wasinda.
Uvavanyo lwe-toxicology lufumene ukuba inqanaba legazi lomqhubi we-alcohol lalingaphezu kokuphindwe kabini kwi-Illinois yakho yokusela-ukuqhuba umda.Waye "eqhuba ngesantya esiphezulu," ngokutsho kwengxelo yokwakhiwa ngokutsha kwengozi yamaPolisa ase-Illinois State.Kodwa ingxelo ikwathi, "Ngenxa ikhephu egxalabeni lasekunene, abakwaHyundai baqhubeleka nokuqhuba phezu kodonga.”
Iifoto zamapolisa zibonise i-concrete guardrail apho igcwele indawo engcolileyo yekhephu.Njengezehlo ezifanayo, ingozi yenzeke emva kweentsuku ezininzi zekhephu elinzima kunye namaqondo okushisa abandayo, ngexesha lokulima ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwenziwa.
Ingxelo yemeko yendlela ye-IDOT 'Yokulawula ikhephu', efakwe kusuku olusemva kwengozi, yaqaphela ukuba indlela kunye namagxa kufuphi neDamen afuna ukuhoywa ngakumbi, kunye negama elithi 'igxalaba' elikrwelelwe umgca ngaphantsi.
NgoJanuwari 31, intsapho kaZavala yafaka isimangalo kwiNkundla yamaBango e-Illinois - indawo yokufaka izimangalo ezichasene ne-arhente karhulumente - etyhola ukuba i-IDOT ayiphumelelanga ukuphelisa iingozi ezaziwayo, okanye ubuncinane ayiphumelelanga ukulumkisa abaqhubi babo.Intsapho ifuna i-$ 2.2 yezigidi. kumonakalo - isixa esiphezulu esivumelekileyo.
Ngaphantsi komthetho wase-Illinois, umgangatho "wokuthelekisa" usetyenziselwa ukugweba amatyala anjalo.Nokuba umqhubi wonzakele, inkundla kufuneka iqwalasele ezinye izinto, kubandakanywa nokuba i-arhente karhulumente ayihoyi ingozi eyaziwayo.
Ingozi ebulalayo ngoFebruwari ophelileyo ibingesosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba isithuthi sibaleke phezu kwekhephu elilinyiweyo eStevenson.
Ebudeni bobusika obumangalisayo be-1978-79, iimoto ezisithoba zabhabha ukusuka kwi-Interstate 55, zabulala umntu omnye, ngokwesigqibo seNkundla yamaBango yase-Illinois ngo-1990 ethethelela umkhathaleli omnye. IAshland Avenues, apho izithintelo zazimfutshane ngelo xesha - kwaye zasinda nangona zonzakala kakhulu.
Urhulumente "unoxanduva lokugcina iindlela ezikhuselekileyo ngokufanelekileyo," ijaji yabhala, kwaye inokuthi ilumkise abaqhubi ngeengozi - ezo zibangelwa kukulima kukarhulumente.
Ijaji yabhala yathi: “Umhlakulo wekhephu ekugqibeleni ubangele iimeko eziyingozi kakhulu zokuthambeka komkhenkce.
“Silapha emva kwamashumi eminyaka,” watsho uLarry Rogers Omnci., igqwetha lentsapho yakwaZavala.” Sele kungamashumi eminyaka beyazi le ngxaki. Akukho nto bayenzileyo ukuyilungisa.”
URogers uthe urhulumente unokulumkisa abaqhubi ngemiqondiso “okanye bayilima kwindawo engenabo bungozi.” “Kufuneka bayiqonde le nto.”
Izikhokelo ze-IDOT zifuna ukususwa kwekhephu ukuze “kuqhubeke de kube kususwe ikhephu kwidekhi yebhulorho kunye neendonga ezikufutshane okanye iintsimbi zokugada apho kunokuthi kwenzeke amathambeka.”
Kodwa ngenxa yokuba iChicago kunye neendawo ezisemaphandleni zineekhilomitha ezingaphezu kwama-200 zendlela ekhululekile ukuyigcina, i-arhente ikhululekile ukwenza isigqibo malunga nendlela yokujongana nekhephu kwimiqobo.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, usapho kunye nabahlobo bakaZavala bakhumbula uGriselda, ibhinqa eliselula “elinothando, eliphayo nelincedayo” elalizimisele ukunceda udadewabo nonina ngeengcebiso zokuthambisa, kwisikhumbuzo sengozi, kwaye ebejonge phambili ukuya ebuhleni. isikolo.
Bahamba baya emangcwabeni oVuko apho wangcwatyelwa khona bakhulula iibhaluni ezichaza indlela abamkhumbula ngayo.
“Xa basibizayo basixelela ukuba ukwindlela iStevenson Freeway kwaye wehlela phantsi kwayo, sasinje nje: Njani? Inokwenzeka njani le nto?” Udadewabo u-Iliana Zavala Yithi. ”Uyazi, asiyifumani. Asikwazi ukuyijikeleza.
“Yintlungu ongafuni ukuyinyamezela, nkqu nolona tshaba lwakho lukhulu. Ngenxa yokuba, uyazi, kunzima. Kubuhlungu. Nasemva konyaka, kusenzima ukuyikholelwa into eyenzekayo.
Ngamanye amaxesha, siyabuza, ukuba imoto ibingathanga, uyazi, yaphaphatheka, kwaye, uyazi, iphuma [kuhola wendlela], ngaba ngeyasinda?”
Kanye emva kongquzulwano phakathi kwe-I-55 kunye ne-I-355, umqhubi wendawo yaseChicago wakhwela ihashe lakhe kumathambeka anekhephu ecaleni kwe-Eisenhower Freeway.
Kwangolo suku lunye, kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini zekhephu, abanye abaqhubi ababini babhabha besuka kuhola wendlela eMilwaukee.
Ngentsimbi ye-10 kusasa nge-17 kaFebruwari 2021, inkosikazi eneminyaka engama-59 ubudala yatyibilikisa iHonda Pilot SUV yayo kufutshane neHarlem Avenue kwintshona yedolophu yaseChicago njengoko i-USS Eisenhower yayisingise empuma. Ngokwengxelo yengozi, oku kwatyhala imoto yakhe ekhephini Ithe yaqokelelana kwi-concrete guardrail. Wahlala ecaleni kwendlela eblowu yeCTA.
Kwi-imeyile eya kwi-IDOT ngaloo mini, uSekela Mongameli we-CTA woKhuseleko uJeffrey Hulbert ubhekisele “kwimfuno engxamisekileyo yenyathelo elikhawulezileyo” kwaye wabongoza abasebenzi bakarhulumente ukuba basuse “indlela yokuqalisa” ebangele ukuba imoto yowasetyhini ibhabhe phezu komqobo.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-24-2022