Ibyabaye nyuma yimpanuka ya "shelegi" yabereye kumuhanda wa Stevenson muri Gashyantare umwaka ushize byahitanye abantu babiri.A Hyundai Veloster yari atwaye ikirundo cyurubura ku majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Stevenson hagati ya Damen na Ashland Avenue, yafatiwe (hepfo) mo kabiri. Byombi baricwa.
SUV ye ishobora kwica umuntu mugihe ari munsi yubutaka kumuhanda wa Lake Street uhuze cyane mu Ntara ya DuPage.
Ramos ufite imyaka 26 y'amavuko, rwiyemezamirimo witwa Glendale Heights, yagize ati: "Ndibuka ko nashyize mu maso hanjye no mu biganza ku cyuma nko kwifuza ko nta muntu uhari."
Ntiyabonye gusa ko uruhande rwo mu majyaruguru ya Interstate 355 yanyuzemo rwuzuyemo urubura rwahinzwe.Iyi mpanuka itunguranye imusunikira hamwe na SUV ye mu kirere nk'igitambambuga gifasha umukinnyi wa shelegi guhaguruka.
Ibintu byose byatekerejweho, Ramos yagize amahirwe.Yarokotse igitonyanga cya metero 22. Ntabwo yakomeretse bikabije. Kugwa kwe gukomeye ntikwishe undi.
Mu rugendo rw’ibyumweru bibiri i Chicago na Milwaukee muri Gashyantare umwaka ushize, byibuze izindi modoka enye nazo zagendaga ku nkombe za shelegi hejuru y’inzitizi zo kurinda umuhanda wa Chicago na Milwaukee. Imwe mu mpanuka yabereye ku muhanda wa Stevenson mu majyepfo y’iburengerazuba, ihitana imyaka 27. -umugabo wumugabo numugore wimyaka 22.
Nta kigo cya leta kibara izo mpanuka zidasanzwe ariko ziteye ubwoba. Ikinyamakuru Izuba Rirashe cya Chicago cyanditse ibintu 51 nk'ibi byerekeranye n’urubura kuva mu 1994, harimo n’umwaka ushize wabereye i Portland, Oregon, aho umusaza w’imyaka 57 yasimbukaga ku kiraro mu gihe Urubura rwa shelegi Furuka hasi ugwe apfire mu ruzi rwa Columbia. Mu ntangiriro z'uyu mwaka, ibintu bibiri byabereye mu gace kamwe ka Interstate 90 i Cleveland.
Mu byumweru bya nyuma byo mu 2000, i Chicago, imodoka icyenda zagonze umuhanda wa Chicago Transit Authority nyuma yo kurundanya urubura rwa curb ku mpande zombi z'umuhanda.
Imyaka imwe nimwe iba mibi kurenza iyindi.Izuba-Times risubiramo raporo zimpanuka, imanza, inyandiko za leta na raporo zamakuru byerekana ko impanuka zikunda kugaragara mumatsinda mugihe cyizuba cyinshi cyurubura, hamwe nabakozi bahinga inshuro nyinshi.
Muri rusange, impanuka zirimo ibinyabiziga biguruka ku nkombe za shelegi ku mihanda minini bifatwa nk '“ibintu bidasanzwe.”
Nubwo bidashoboka buri munsi, impuguke mu bijyanye n’umutekano wo mu muhanda zivuga ko nazo zishobora kwirindwa.
Abashoferi benshi ntibabona ko urubura ku ruhande rw'umuhanda ari akaga.Lawrence M. Levine, injeniyeri ukomoka mu majyaruguru ya New York, yavuze ko abantu benshi bemeza ko niba inzitizi zifatika ku nkombe z'umuhanda ziva mu micungire, bazabikora. guma mu muhanda, kandi yagiye akora mu manza nyinshi nkuko abahanga mu rubura na shelegi babihamya.
Levin ati: "Niba urundanyije urubura, uza kumena ibikoresho byumutekano." Urahita. "
Ramos yahagurutse I-355 mu gitondo cyo ku ya 16 Gashyantare 2021.Yerekezaga mu majyaruguru mu murongo w’ibumoso. Haraguye urubura, ariko avuga ko umuhanda wabungabunzwe n’ishami rishinzwe gutwara abantu n'ibintu muri Illinois, wasaga nkuwahinze kandi ugashyiramo umunyu, hamwe na “kimwe cya kabiri santimetero kugeza kuri santimetero ”y'urubura ku rutugu rw'ibumoso rwinjira mu nzira ye.Yavuze ko atatwaye imodoka yihuta kuko yari afite amafaranga mu nzira kugira ngo abone ipine nshya. Andi mapine ye ni amapine y'urubura.
Ku ya 16 Gashyantare 2021, Kevin Ramos wo muri Glendale Heights yari atwaye imodoka kuri Interstate 355, ubwo Jeep Grand Cherokee ye yanyuraga mu mayira atatu maze agonga uruzitiro rwa beto rutwikiriwe na shelegi rwamuvanye ku kiraro rugana ku kiyaga kinini cy’umuhanda. Munsi ya metero 20.
Mu majyepfo y’inzira nyabagendwa y’ikiyaga, Ramos yavuze ko yakubise urubura rutwikiriwe na shelegi. Jeep ye ifite umurizo w’amafi. Yakosoye cyane aranyerera.
Ikinyabiziga kizunguruka cyahindukaga neza unyuze mu nzira eshatu, kinyerera kuri perpendikulari kuri santimetero 34,5 z'uburebure bwa beto yagombaga kubuza imodoka kugenda ku nkombe.
Ariko urubura rwahinze, rwihishe kuri bariyeri, nk'igitambambuga nk'uko Ramos yabivuze, hafi kugera kuri bariyeri. SUV irazamuka.
Ati: "Mu gihe imodoka yanjye yazamutse, byabaye ku muvuduko gahoro ku buryo ntashobora kwizera ko izagenda."
Abagenzi bari inyuma ya Jeep ye babanje kugwa, ku kiyaga cya Lake.Imodoka yahise iranyeganyega, maze kubera impamvu runaka, ibiziga biragwa, hasigara umushoferi wari uje afite ikirenge kimwe gusa kuri feri. Igitangaje, ntibamukubise .Kandi ntiyigeze agonga izindi modoka.
Kevin Ramos wo muri Jeep Grand Cherokee i Glendale Heights ku ya 16 Gashyantare 2021 asimbukira mu mayira atatu maze yurira ikirindiro ku rwibutso rwa Veterans Memorial Turnpike muri Illinois, Umusozi wa shelegi wakubise kuri bariyeri maze ugwa kuri metero zirenga 20 mu kiyaga cya Lake hepfo munsi y’akazi umuhanda.
Impanuka zo gusimbuka zirashobora gutera ubwoba kuko akenshi zibera kumihanda minini miremire, hejuru ya bisi, cyangwa ibiraro hejuru yubutaka - umuhanda ugaragara uhagarara vuba kurusha ahandi.
Abacitse ku icumu bavuze ko batigeze bumva akaga kubera ko inzira nyabagendwa yasaga neza kandi nta rubura rubaho, kandi bakeka ko urukuta rushobora kubahungabanya ariko ko ruzakomeza ku muhanda.
Ku ya 12 Gashyantare 2021, hasigaye iminsi ine ngo Kevin Ramos aguruka I-355, abantu babiri baguye mu mpanuka y'imodoka yari hafi y'umuhanda wa Stevenson, urundarunda. Urubura ni kimwe mu bintu.
Hyundai Veloster yo mu 2013 yari itwaye abagabo babiri n’abagore babiri, bombi bari mu kigero cy’imyaka 20, yerekezaga mu majyaruguru hagati y’imihanda ya Damen na Ashland ahagana mu ma saa yine za mu gitondo. Raporo y’abapolisi ibanza yavuze ko umushoferi yabuze ubushobozi maze “akubita urubura rwahinzwe na parapeti ya beto iburyo”. .
Imodoka yasimbutse iburyo bw'umuhanda, ikubita imirongo y'amashanyarazi n'inkingi yoroheje, igwa muri metero 43 mu murima w'ibyatsi hafi y'umuhanda wa Robinson, aho yacitsemo kabiri.
Muri Gashyantare umwaka ushize, umukozi yari ahari aho imodoka yaguye hejuru y'urubura ku muhanda wa Stevenson maze iguruka mu nzira nyabagendwa. Bombi barapfuye.
Umushoferi w'imyaka 27, Bulmaro Gomez, yavuze ko imihango yo kumushyingura ku rupapuro rwa GoFundMe ari “inshuti cyane” kandi ko “buri gihe yishimira” urupfu rw’umusore w’imyaka 22 w’umugenzi w’imbere, Griselda Zavala. Inshuti ebyiri muri intebe yinyuma yarokotse.
Ikizamini cy’uburozi cyerekanye ko umuvuduko w’amaraso y’umushoferi wikubye inshuro zirenga ebyiri igipimo cya Illinois cyo gutwara. shelegi ku rutugu rw'iburyo, Hyundai yakomeje gutwara hejuru y'urukuta. ”
Amafoto ya polisi yerekanaga izamu rya beto ryuzuyemo urubura rwanduye.Nkuko ibintu bimeze nkibi, impanuka yabaye nyuma yiminsi myinshi yimvura nyinshi nubushyuhe bukonje, muricyo gihe hakorwa guhinga inshuro nyinshi.
Raporo y’imiterere y’inzira IDOT 'Snow Control', yatanzwe ejobundi nyuma y’impanuka, yavuze ko umuhanda n’ibitugu hafi ya Damen ukeneye kwitabwaho cyane, hamwe n’ijambo 'igitugu'.
Ku ya 31 Mutarama, umuryango wa Zavala watanze ikirego mu rukiko rusaba Illinois - ahazabera ibirego ku bigo bya Leta - bavuga ko IDOT yananiwe gukuraho ingaruka zizwi, cyangwa byibuze ikananirwa kuburira abashoferi babo.Umuryango urashaka miliyoni 2.2 z'amadolari. mu byangiritse - umubare ntarengwa wemewe.
Mu mategeko ya Illinois, amahame “agereranya amakosa” akoreshwa mu guca imanza nk'izo. Nubwo umushoferi yagirirwa nabi, urukiko rugomba gusuzuma izindi mpamvu, harimo niba ikigo cya leta cyirengagije akaga kazwi.
Iyi mpanuka yahitanye muri Gashyantare umwaka ushize ntabwo bwari ubwambere imodoka yihuta hejuru y’urubura rwahinzwe i Stevenson.
Mu gihe cy'imbeho idasanzwe yo mu 1978-79, imodoka icyenda zahagurutse muri Interstate 55, zihitana byibuze umuntu umwe, nk'uko byemezwa n’urukiko rw’ikirego cya Illinois mu 1990 rwemeje ko umurezi umwe.Baguye muri metero 60 uvuye mu muhanda - hagati ya Damen na Inzira ya Ashland, aho inzitizi zari ngufi muri kiriya gihe - kandi yarokotse nubwo yakomeretse bikomeye.
Umucamanza yaranditse ati: "Leta ifite inshingano zo kurinda umutekano munini mu buryo bwuzuye," kandi ishobora nibura kuburira abashoferi akaga - biterwa n’ubuhinzi bwa Leta.
Umucamanza yaranditse ati: "Gukubita urubura amaherezo byaviriyemo ahantu habi cyane."
Larry Rogers Jr., umunyamategeko mu muryango wa Zavala yagize ati: “Turi hano nyuma y'imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo.” Bamenye iki kibazo mu myaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo. Ntacyo bakoze kugira ngo gikosorwe. ”
Rogers yavuze ko Leta ishobora kuburira abashoferi bafite ibyapa “cyangwa kubihinga mu gace kadafite akaga.” Ati: “Bakeneye kubimenya.”
Amabwiriza ya IDOT arasaba ko hakurwaho urubura "gukomeza kugeza igihe urubura ruvuye ku kiraro no hafi y'urukuta cyangwa izamu rishobora kugaragara ahantu hahanamye."
Ariko kubera ko Chicago no mu nkengero zifite kilometero zirenga 200 z'umuhanda nyabagendwa wo kubungabunga, iki kigo gifite uburenganzira bwo guhitamo uburyo bwo gukemura urubura ku mbogamizi. Abayobozi ba Leta bavuze ko bashyize imbere gukuraho umuhanda.
Mu ntangiriro z'uku kwezi, umuryango wa Zavala n'inshuti bibutse Griselda, umukobwa ukiri muto “ukunda, utanga kandi ufasha” wifuzaga gufasha mushiki we na nyina inama zo kwisiga, ku isabukuru y'impanuka, kandi akaba ategereje kujya mu bwiza ishuri.
Bagiye mu irimbi ry'Izuka aho yashyinguwe maze barekura imipira ivuga uko bamukumbuye.
Ati: “Igihe baduhamagaraga bakatubwira ko ari kuri Freeway ya Stevenson akamanuka munsi yacyo, twabaye gusa, nka: Nigute? Ibyo bishoboka bite? ” Mushiki we Iliana Zavala Vuga. "Urabizi, ntabwo tubibona. Ntidushobora kuzenguruka.
“Ni ububabare udashaka kwihanganira, ndetse n'umwanzi wawe mubi. Kuberako, urabizi, iranyara. Birababaje. Ndetse nyuma yumwaka, biracyagoye kwizera ibyabaye.
Ati: “Rimwe na rimwe, turabaza, niba imodoka itari ifite, urabizi, yahinduye, kandi urabizi, ku muhanda munini, yari kurokoka?”
Nyuma yo kugongana hagati ya I-55 na I-355, umushoferi wo mu gace ka Chicago yagenderaga ku ifarashi ye ahantu h'urubura ku muhanda wa Eisenhower.
Kuri uwo munsi, mu byumweru bibiri by'urubura, abandi bashoferi babiri bahagurukiye umuhanda wa Milwaukee.
Ahagana mu ma saa kumi za mugitondo ku ya 17 Gashyantare 2021, umukecuru w'imyaka 59 yatwaye imodoka ye yo mu bwoko bwa Honda Pilot SUV hafi ya Harlem Avenue iburengerazuba bw’umujyi wa Chicago ubwo USS Eisenhower yerekezaga iburasirazuba.Nk'uko raporo y'impanuka ibivuga, ibi byasunitse imodoka ye ku rubura ngo yari yarirundanyije kurinda beto.Yamanutse iruhande rwumurongo wubururu wa CTA.
Muri imeri yandikiwe IDOT uwo munsi, Visi Perezida w’umutekano wa CTA, Jeffrey Hulbert, yavuze ku “byihutirwa ko hakorwa ingamba zihuse” maze asaba abakozi ba Leta gukuraho “igitero cyo gutangiza” cyatumye imodoka y’umugore iguruka hejuru y’inzitizi.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Gicurasi-24-2022