[Az-Geocaching] Sad story.

[thewiners]

I passed by the scene within 10 minutes of the accident (after police 
arrived), and I can tell you that it was not along our section of highway. 
It was just past the dump and the trap & skeet place, before the first canal 
crossing (~ 2 miles north of Gilbert Rd).  There were no barriers or 
construction in that section of the road.

The Winers

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <will47096 at cox.net>
To: <listserv at azgeocaching.com>
Cc: "Brian Casteel" <bcasteel at uccinc.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Sad story.


> It is a sad story.  They have been doing roadwork for two months on the 
> entire north side (southbound lanes) of our section of highway.  Concrete 
> barriers were put right next to the road. Way too dangerous for a cleanup 
> I thought... but still the ADOT contract workers cleaned.  They still had 
> bags from their last cleanup next to the road this morning (both sides and 
> median).  I'm not sure if she was on our section of highway or working 
> further North on the section North East of ours on the other side of 
> Gilbert Road.  If they were working on our section they were probably 
> picking up the bags from the last cleanup.
>
> Will
> Sport Trac/k
>
> ---- Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net> wrote:
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>> Woman worker killed on Arizona 87, lane still closed
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>> Teana Wagner
>> The Arizona Republic
>> Oct. 2, 2007 08:05 AM
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>> A vehicle hit and killed a female worker cleaning the edge of northbound
>> Arizona 87 near Gilbert Road Tuesday morning.
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>> The worker, a woman in her mid 40s, was along the roadway for when the
>> vehicle struck her around 7:15 a.m.
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>> The woman died on the scene as a result of trauma caused by the 
>> collision,
>> the Department of Public Safety said.
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>> The northbound left lane was to remain closed as the investigation of the
>> fatality continued, officials said.
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>> Northbound traffic was reported heavy as a result of the accident, but
>> southbound traffic did not seem to be affected. The woman was an employee
>> for a contract company called Anderson Maintenance that cleans the edges 
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>> the roadway, the public safety department said.
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>> Although the transportation department is working on construction about 
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>> miles north of the accident near Beeline Highway and Bush Highway, the
>> worker was not with the transportation department, spokesperson Bill
>> Pederson for the state Department of Transportation said.
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>> "The construction we had going on near the Beeline Highway and Bush 
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>> This is our adopted section of highway.
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>> Brian
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>> Team A.I.
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