One car was involved in a rollover accident east of Lawrence on highway K-10 late Tuesday night.
According to Douglas County dispatchers, the car was traveling eastbound between E. 1750 Rd. and Country Rd. 1057 when it rolled over and landed in a ditch filled with water about 11:30 p.m. Occupants were able to escape the vehicle.
Officers were investigating the accident early Wednesday morning and closed down a lane of traffic.
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sierraclub (anonymous) says…
I am almost positive that Merrill will somehow blame Bush for this. Very sad..
jackbinkelman (anonymous) replies…
Boo.
flux (anonymous) replies…
He will blame Obama you dork, he's a repulican.
JackRipper (anonymous) says…
Sounds like the road needs to be widened an by an other lane since we all know adding more lanes makes driving safer. Should be interesting to see how many more deaths will occur on the new 59 then an the old one. Our need for speed, the clueless on the fast track to ruin.
gccs14r (anonymous) says…
I'm wondering why there's no mention of the 3-car accident involving a police car at 19th & Haskell last night.
CMM (anonymous) replies…
Drunk driver ran a red light and hit the police car
Onlyifitsadryshelter (anonymous) says…
As someone who lives off of 59, most of us out here know that speed isn't the main problem with the current highway. It's that there are too many blind entrances onto the busy highway.
JackRipper (anonymous) says…
Right, had they cut down the trees that blocked the view there at Zarda at least one person would be alive today most likely and a few other accidents as well. Funny thing is out east there is a whole lot more traffic on roads like that and they manage. Before we invest many millions on road projects, for roads that will be unaffordable in the future, we should seriously require real driver's training. That is simply a no brainer.
kusp8 (anonymous) replies…
Here here *raises glass in agreement*
akt2 (anonymous) says…
Speed is the issue on K-10. You can't drive 70+ miles an hour with heavy rain on this highway. Slide offs and rollovers are the constant result. Same thing in the winter when it ices. It's not the road. It's the driver and the road conditions on K-10.
amrose42683 (anonymous) says…
I'm very well aware of that area and those "ditches" are extremely dangerous if a driver is not paying attention. The turns are blind and even a car slipping and sliding on that road can easily end up in a ditch and people can get seriously hurt or worse. I'm not going to pretend to know the answer on what to do about it. Many things can factor in, but driver's do seriously need to be more cautious of their surrounds and what their driving into no matter where they are.
amrose42683 (anonymous) replies…
Correction before I get tagged by the grammer police .... "what THEY'RE driving into ..." and no apostrophe in "drivers". Geez, bad proofreading morning for me.
MarcoPogo (anonymous) says…
Is this where we get to point out that you misspelled "grammar"? :)
KUHOOPS (anonymous) replies…
roflmao!
Onlyifitsadryshelter (anonymous) says…
Jack - how do you propose more training? I'm curious about that. And do you live on 59? Take it on a daily basis? Weekly? Yeah, it's a huge pain in the butt and a big expense of land and money. But I take it EVERY day. Have for almost 20 years. It is dangerous. Bottom line. The most direct route from my house to the highway was dirt road that fed directly onto 59 at the top of a hill. I've lived out here since before Zarco put up the row of trees as a wind barrier. It was dangerous before then.
What you should be worried about is Lawrence's answer to this new highway. As a direct access off of 35 traffic through Lawrence is bound to increase and it's going to dump it right off at the uncompleted SLT. Now that's going to be a mess. One that I will also have to get through every day. But I'd much rather have that problem that have to continue on 59 as is.
As for K10, IMHO, the road is crap. Water pools in certain areas and hydroplaning is ridiculous. There's one curve before Eudora that you can almost guarantee that someone will bury the front of the car in the median every time it rains. I've personally been in a row of cars doing about 35 through there due to rain and watched one in front of me lose it.
Driver's aren't perfect. Don't get me wrong. But the roads themselves sometimes do not make it any easier. Just ask someone who lives in Missouri.
none2 (anonymous) replies…
I think the US-59 update should make the road a bit safer, but in all honesty, I never understood why so many accidents happen on it. Granted there are some hills where the road goes up and down like a roller coaster. Someone with little patience in those areas could easily try to pass when they don't have enough visibility to see that far ahead. However, places like near the old Zarco station always seemed safe to me as the road is very flat in that area. I won't say I drive on US-59 that frequently, but I have been on it quite a few times over the last 30 years.
However, all that being said, by far I think the most dangerous road in the area is US-40 between Lawrence & Topeka. The only reason I can see that money wasn't spent on it is that they must figure that most people have the option to take the turnpike instead.
If money were no object, I would reroute US-40 onto Stull Rd, then make it go straight onto 53rd Street instead of the dog leg up to 45th Street. That would eliminate that whole dog leg just before Shawnee County. I would take the existing US-40 and downgrade it to a county road. Likewise on US-59/US-24, I would take out that dog leg east of the Oskaloosa turn-off. Years ago they did lower the hill there, but it is still a dangerous turn.
JackRipper (anonymous) says…
First thing someone who has taken time to understand how their car performs and studied the law realizes is the speed limit is the maximum speed, it isn't a speed you set your car to drive no matter what the conditions are. Hydroplaning is a fact of driving,you slow down, it is what works best, have you tried that? There is no guarantee that you can drive balls out on the road, that is problem one and the reason your problem one about the new 59, roads for dummies, is being expanded so people who think they have a guaranteed right to drive fast can do it which means it is likely to be more dangerous then the old 59. You would really have to work hard to make K10 dangerous east of Lawrence but many do just that. When you are driving 70 mph you really shouldn't have your head down typing messages on your phone as I saw two people doing just that in one day as they swerved and were totally startled when I honked to get their attention. Perhaps the speed limit needs to be lowered like it was in the old days.
It is interesting that forcing through new 59 even though the SLT issue hasn't been solved is some how my problem. Like the way Kansas was settled originally, stealing Native American's land with bigger promises if they just go along with it, most US Americans who are clueless are accepting the same fate. No one said intelligence was required, only the vill to walk all over anyone who gets in the way and using their political connections to make it happen. When the effects of peak oil come home to roost those big roads will sure look pretty in gravel.
Onlyifitsadryshelter (anonymous) replies…
I believe in my post I mentioned that we were in a line of cars going 35 mph on K10. As for the problem one and problem one, you lost me. In regards to the 59 dump into Lawrence, I should have worded it differently. Such as people should be concerned about the dump of traffic into South Lawrence. I don't care if you care or not.
I'm so tired of everyone complaining about the new highway when you do not live in the area or travel it frequently. What's done is done.
And I'd like the name of your driving school. Sounds like I could pick up a few pointers.
3ofClubs (anonymous) says…
Wouldn't it be "County Rd. 1057?"
I mean, I'm sure it is a country road, but is not officially called that, is it?
New journalism grad, maybe?
pendragons (Gene Wallace) says…
to bypass the construction mess on 23rd or on any day: 14 minutes average
Iowa to 31st, 31st East to Haskell, Haskell North to 27th, 27th East/South on Kensington, to 28th, 28th East to O'Connell, O'Connell North to K-10. BTW: 2 axles only!
neolib (anonymous) says…
I've noticed that in general, ever since the advent of numberous big pick-up trucks and SUV's, the problem with speeding in inclement conditions has increased. There is sort of a machismo assiciated with it, like their drivers wanting to blast by people at 75 mph in a downpour just to prove that they can. Has anyone else noticed that it has become perilous to slow down to a common-sense 45-50 MPH in a heavy downpour for risk of being rear-ended by a monster truck or SUV? Just sayin'....
thebcman (anonymous) replies…
as long as you stay in the right lane, it shouldn't be a problem.