Accidents Report Debated As New Mishap Takes Lives 2/23/2004
The death toll from highway work zone accidents seems never-ending. And with another accident on the eve of a report on an earlier deadly mishap, questions again are being raised over whether stricter controls are needed.
On Feb. 6, the driver of a tractor-trailer apparently fell asleep on Interstate 15 in a construction zone in Barstow, Calif., waking just as he approached several cars exiting the highway. The tractor-trailer struck one car, setting off a firey chain reaction that led to four deaths. An investigation is under way.