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I really, really hope no one from AHS, especially any of my friends, was affected by the accident on 44 today. I was driving out to Ithaca, NY around 7am to look at a school this morning and I heard on the radio that there was some accident on 44 and it was closed. Didn't think much of it until I was driving home at 11pm and saw a big flashing sign announcing that 44 was STILL closed.
20 car pileup, 4 people dead, 4 critically injured, 11 more hospitalized. Apparently, much of it due to a company--American Crushing and Recycling--not properly maintaining its trucks. This company had 448 mechanical violations between '94 and '01, according to CNN. Also, the truck involved in the accident had 5 brake violations last year and many other problems in the past, even being forced off the roads by the state DMV for being unsafe in 2002. Real nice, guys.
20 car pileup, 4 people dead, 4 critically injured, 11 more hospitalized. Apparently, much of it due to a company--American Crushing and Recycling--not properly maintaining its trucks. This company had 448 mechanical violations between '94 and '01, according to CNN. Also, the truck involved in the accident had 5 brake violations last year and many other problems in the past, even being forced off the roads by the state DMV for being unsafe in 2002. Real nice, guys.