Zochitika pambuyo pa ngozi ya "malo otsetsereka" pa Stevenson Freeway mu February chaka chatha anasiya anthu awiri akufa. Hyundai Veloster anali atakwera mulu wa chisanu kumpoto Stevenson pakati pa Damen ndi Ashland Avenues, anawombera (pansi) pakati. anaphedwa.
Ndi SUV yake yomwe imatha kupha munthu akakhala patali pansi pa Lake Street ku DuPage County.
"Ndimakumbukira ndikuyika nkhope yanga ndi manja pa chiwongolero ngati ndikulakalaka kulibe aliyense," adatero Ramos, wazaka 26 zaku Glendale Heights.
Iye sanazindikire kuti mbali ya kumpoto ya Interstate 355 yomwe analoweramo inali yodzala ndi matalala olimidwa. Ngozi yosayembekezerekayi imamupangitsa iye ndi SUV yake kukwera mlengalenga monga njira yothandizira snowboarder kunyamuka.
Zonse zomwe zinkaganiziridwa, Ramos anali ndi mwayi.Anapulumuka kutsika kwa mapazi a 22. Sanavulale kwambiri. Kutsika kwake kolimba sikunaphe wina aliyense.
Paulendo wa milungu iwiri ku Chicago ndi Milwaukee February watha, magalimoto ena osachepera anayi adakweranso matalala a chipale chofewa pazitseko zotchinga m'misewu yayikulu ya Chicago ndi Milwaukee. Imodzi mwa ngoziyi inachitika pa Stevenson Freeway kumwera chakumadzulo, kupha munthu wazaka 27. -Bambo ndi mkazi wazaka 22.
Palibe bungwe la boma lomwe limawerengera ngozi zomwe zimachitika kawirikawiri koma zowopsa. Nyuzipepala ya Chicago Sun-Times yalemba zochitika 51 za "kutsetsereka kwa chipale chofewa" kuyambira 1994, kuphatikizapo chaka chatha ku Portland, Oregon, pamene bambo wazaka 57 adalumpha kuchokera pa mlatho pa nthawi. chipale chofewa Kuwulukira pansi ndi kugwa mpaka imfa yake mu Columbia River.Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, zochitika ziwiri zinachitika pa gawo lomwelo la Interstate 90 ku Cleveland.
M'masabata omaliza a 2000, ku Chicago, magalimoto asanu ndi anayi adagunda njanji za Chicago Transit Authority ataunjikana pa chipale chofewa mbali zonse za msewu waukulu.
Zaka zina zimakhala zoipitsitsa kuposa zina.Kuwunika kwa Sun-Times kwa malipoti a ngozi, milandu, zolemba za boma ndi malipoti a nkhani zimasonyeza kuti ngozizo zimachitika m'magulu makamaka m'nyengo yachisanu, ndi antchito akulima mobwerezabwereza.
Nthawi zambiri, ngozi zomwe zimachitika pamagalimoto owuluka m'mphepete mwa chipale chofewa m'misewu yayikulu zimawonedwa ngati "zochitika zachilendo."
Ngakhale sizichitika tsiku ndi tsiku, akatswiri odziwa zachitetezo cha pamsewu akuti nawonso amatha kupewa.
Madalaivala ambiri saona chipale chofewa m’mbali mwa msewu waukulu kukhala woopsa.” Lawrence M. Levine, injiniya wa kumpoto kwa New York, ananena kuti anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti ngati zotchinga za konkire zimene zili m’mbali mwa msewuwu zitasokonekera, zidzatha. khalani panjira, ndipo wachitapo kanthu m’milandu yambiri yamilandu monga momwe akatswiri a Ice ndi matalala amachitira umboni.
"Mukaunjikira chipale chofewa, muphwanya zida zotetezera," adatero Levin.
Ramos adachoka ku I-355 m'mawa pa February 16, 2021. Amapita kumpoto kunjira yakumanzere. Kunagwa chipale chofewa, koma adati msewuwu, wosamalidwa ndi dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe ku Illinois, umawoneka ngati wolimidwa ndikuthiridwa mchere, "theka. inchi imodzi mpaka inchi” ya chipale chofewa paphewa lake lakumanzere chikuloŵa panjira yake. Iye ananena kuti sanali kuyendetsa galimoto mofulumira chifukwa anali ndi zotsalira popita kukagula tayala latsopano. Matayala ake ena ndi matayala a chipale chofeŵa.
Kevin Ramos waku Glendale Heights amayendetsa pa Interstate 355 pa February 16, 2021, pomwe Jeep Grand Cherokee yake idatsetsereka kudutsa misewu itatu ndikugunda Mpanda wa konkriti wokutidwa ndi chipale chofewa adamuthamangitsira kuchoka pamlatho kupita ku Lake Street.
Kum'mwera kwa nyanja ya Lake Street, Ramos adanena kuti adagunda madzi oundana atakutidwa ndi chipale chofewa. Jeep yake ili ndi michira ya nsomba.
Galimoto yozungulirayo idatembenukira kunjira zitatu, kutsetsereka kumtunda wa 34.5-inchi wamtali wa konkriti womwe umayenera kuteteza galimotoyo kuti isakhote m'mphepete.
Koma chipale chofewa cholimidwa, chomangirira motsutsana ndi chotchinga, ngati rampu monga Ramos adanena, pafupifupi kufika pamwamba pa chotchinga.
"Nthawi yomwe galimoto yanga idakwera, zidachitika pang'onopang'ono kotero kuti sindimakhulupilira kuti ingagubuduze," adatero.
Anthu okwera kumbuyo kwa Jeep yake anatera poyamba, pa Lake Street.Galimotoyo inalumphira kutsogolo, ndipo pazifukwa zina, mawilo anatsika, kusiya dalaivala wobwerayo ali ndi phazi limodzi pa mabuleki. Mozizwitsa, iwo sanamumenye. .Ndipo sanamenye galimoto ina iliyonse.
Kevin Ramos wa Jeep Grand Cherokee ku Glendale Heights pa February 16, 2021 akuyenda munjira zitatu ndikukwera njira yopita ku Veterans Memorial Turnpike ku Illinois, Kutsetsereka kwa chipale chofewa kunagunda chotchinga ndikugwera pamtunda wopitilira 20 mu Lake Street pansipa pamtunda wotanganidwa. msewu.
Ngozi zodumpha zimatha kukhala zowopsa chifukwa nthawi zambiri zimachitika m'misewu yayikulu, m'malo odutsa, kapena milatho yokwera pamwamba pa nthaka - misewu yopanda mawonekedwe imaundana mwachangu kuposa malo ena.
Opulumukawo ananena kuti sanamvepo zoopsa chifukwa chakuti misewu ya m’mbali mwake inkaoneka yaukhondo ndipo munalibe matalala, ndipo ankaganiza kuti khoma likhoza kuwagwedeza koma likawatsekereza.
Pa february 12, 2021, masiku anayi Kevin Ramos asananyamuke pa I-355, anthu awiri adaphedwa pa ngozi yagalimoto yomwe ili mumsewu wa Stevenson Freeway, womwe udawunjikana. Chipale ndi chimodzi mwazinthu.
Hyundai Veloster ya 2013 yonyamula amuna awiri ndi akazi awiri, omwe ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20, anali akupita kumpoto pakati pa Damen ndi Ashland avenues pafupifupi 4am. .
Galimotoyo inalumphira kumanja kwa msewu waukulu, n’kugunda zingwe zamagetsi ndi mtengo wounikira, ndipo inagwera mamita 43 m’munda wa udzu pafupi ndi msewu wa Robinson, kumene inaduka pakati.
Wantchito anali pamalopo mu February watha galimoto itagubuduza chipale chofewa pa Stevenson Freeway ndikuwuluka mumsewuwu. Onse awiri adaphedwa.
Dalaivala wazaka 27, Bulmaro Gomez, adalongosola maliro ake patsamba la GoFundMe ngati "ochezeka kwambiri" komanso "nthawi zonse okondwa" ndi imfa ya wazaka 22 wapampando wakutsogolo, Griselda Zavala. Anzake awiri mpando wakumbuyo unapulumuka.
Kuyeza kwa toxicology kunapeza kuti mlingo wa mowa wa dalaivala unali woposa kuwirikiza kawiri malire anu oyendetsa galimoto ku Illinois.Anali "kuyendetsa galimoto mothamanga kwambiri," malinga ndi lipoti la kukonzanso kuwonongeka kwa apolisi ku Illinois State.Koma lipotilo linatinso, "Chifukwa cha chipale chofewa paphewa lakumanja, Hyundai idapitilira kuyendetsa khoma.
Zithunzi za apolisi zimasonyeza konkire ya guardrail kumeneko yodzaza ndi chipale chofewa chonyansa.Mofanana ndi zochitika zofanana, ngoziyi inachitika patatha masiku angapo a chipale chofewa komanso kutentha kwachisanu, panthawi yomwe kulima mobwerezabwereza kunachitika.
Lipoti la njira ya IDOT 'Snow Control', yomwe idalemba tsiku lotsatira ngoziyo, idawonetsa kuti msewu ndi mapewa pafupi ndi Damen zimafunikira chisamaliro chochulukirapo, ndi mawu oti 'mapewa' atatsindikira.
Pa Januware 31, banja la Zavala lidasumira kukhothi ku Illinois Claims Court - malo omwe amakasuma milandu motsutsana ndi mabungwe aboma - ponena kuti IDOT idalephera kuthetsa zoopsa zomwe zimadziwika, kapena kulephera kuchenjeza madalaivala awo. Banja likufuna $2.2 miliyoni. mu zowonongeka - kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zimaloledwa.
Pansi pa malamulo a Illinois, muyezo wa "comparative fault" umagwiritsidwa ntchito poweruza milandu yotereyi.Ngakhale dalaivala atavulazidwa, khoti liyenera kuganiziranso zinthu zina, kuphatikizapo ngati bungwe la boma silinanyalanyaze ngozi yomwe ikudziwika.
Ngozi yakufayo mu February watha sinali nthawi yoyamba kuti galimoto idathamanga pa chipale chofewa cholimidwa ku Stevenson.
M'nyengo yozizira kwambiri ya 1978-79, magalimoto asanu ndi anayi adawuluka kuchokera ku Interstate 55, kupha munthu m'modzi, malinga ndi chigamulo cha khothi lamilandu ku Illinois mu 1990 mokomera wosamalira m'modzi. Ashland Avenues, komwe zotchinga zinali zazifupi panthawiyo - ndipo adapulumuka ngakhale atavulala kwambiri.
Boma "lili ndi udindo woteteza misewu yayikulu," adatero woweruzayo, ndipo atha kuchenjeza oyendetsa ngozi - zomwe zimadza chifukwa cha ulimi wa boma.
Woweruzayo analemba kuti: “Kusefukira kwa chipale chofewa kunachititsa kuti pakhale malo otsetsereka kwambiri.
Larry Rogers Jr., loya wa banja la Zavala anati: “Tafika patatha zaka zambiri.” Iwo akhala akudziwa za vutoli kwa zaka zambiri. Palibe chimene achita kuti akonze.”
Rogers adati boma litha kuchenjeza madalaivala ndi zikwangwani "kapena kungolima pamalo omwe alibe ngoziyo." "Ayenera kuzindikira izi."
Malangizo a IDOT amafuna kuti kuchotsedwa kwa chipale chofewa "kupitirire mpaka matalala atachotsedwa pamiyala ya mlatho komanso pafupi ndi makoma kapena njanji zoteteza komwe kutha kuchitika."
Koma chifukwa Chicago ndi madera oyandikana nawo ali ndi misewu yopitilira 200 yoti asungidwe, bungweli lili ndi ufulu wosankha momwe lingathetsere chipale chofewa pazovuta.
Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, achibale ndi abwenzi a Zavala adakumbukira Griselda, mtsikana "wachikondi, wopatsa komanso wothandiza" yemwe anali wofunitsitsa kuthandiza mlongo wake ndi amayi ake ndi malangizo odzola, pa tsiku lokumbukira kuwonongeka, ndipo wakhala akuyembekezera kupita kukongola. sukulu.
Iwo anapita ku manda a Chiukitsiro kumene anaikidwa ndipo anatulutsa mabuloni omwe ananena kuti anamusowa bwanji.
"Pamene adatiyitana natiuza kuti ali pa Stevenson Freeway ndipo adafika pansi pake, tinali ngati: Motani? Zingatheke bwanji?” Mlongo wake Iliana Zavala Nenani. ”Mukudziwa, sitikumva. Sitingathe kuzizungulira.
“Ndi zowawa zomwe sufuna kupirira, ngakhale mdani wako woipitsitsa. Chifukwa, inu mukudziwa, izo ndi zoipa. Ndi zowawa. Ngakhale patapita chaka, n’zovuta kukhulupirira zimene zinachitika.
“Nthaŵi zina, timafunsa kuti, ngati galimotoyo ikadapanda, mukudziwa, inatembenuka, ndipo, mukudziwa, kuchoka [msewu waukulu], akanapulumuka?”
Kugunda kwapakati pa I-55 ndi I-355 kutangochitika, dalaivala wa ku Chicago adakwera kavalo wake m'malo otsetsereka achisanu mumsewu wa Eisenhower Freeway.
Pa tsiku lomwelo, mkati mwa milungu iŵiri ya chipale chofeŵa, madalaivala ena aŵiri anawuluka mumsewu waukulu ku Milwaukee.
Cha m'ma 10 koloko m'mawa pa February 17, 2021, mayi wina wa zaka 59 anayendetsa galimoto yake ya Honda Pilot SUV pafupi ndi Harlem Avenue kumadzulo kwa mzinda wa Chicago pamene USS Eisenhower inali kupita kummawa. anali atadzikundikira pa konkriti guardrail. Anatera pafupi ndi njanji ya blue line ya CTA.
Mu imelo ku IDOT tsiku lomwelo, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Chitetezo cha CTA a Jeffrey Hulbert adanenanso za "kufunika kofulumira" ndipo adapempha ogwira ntchito m'boma kuti achotse "njira yotsegulira" yomwe idapangitsa kuti galimoto ya mzimayiyo iwuluke pachopingacho.
Nthawi yotumiza: May-24-2022