The Tree's Are Coming Down!
As most of you know,I lost my sister-in-law in a car accident June 29,2003.Miranda was 28 years old and left behind a husband and four small children.
Today is Miranda's birthday.
This will be a difficult day for my mother-in-law.But somehow made easier from one little phone call this morning.According to people driving behind Miranda,she just drove off the road,never hitting her brakes,and hit a Bradford Pear tree in the median.These tree's are huge.After this happened I started digging and found that any type of landscaping either in a median,or right-of-way should not be over 8 inches in diameter.These tree's ranged from 45-56 inches.
I went to the state highway department with my findings.I was appalled to find that they had already realized the tree's were in violation,but had made no move to remove them.Basically they had just hoped no "joe citizen" would learn about these restrictions.I started the process to make them remove the tree's.
Starting Febuary 1st,these trees(in a sixty mile stretch of road) will be made into mulch.
I know that I can not bring Miranda back,but I can possably save some one else's life.Autopsy revealed that Miranda died from head trauma,however they think she blacked out from low blood sugar,thus causing the wreck.She may have died even if the tree's were not there.
But,unfortunately we will never know.
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