Drastic action needed to stop the frequent accidents at Butts Road underpass in Albion
Editor:
What can be done to stop this?
I have written previous articles about the Butts Road railroad underpass and the many accidents that have happened over the years involving vehicles impacting the underpass or getting wedged underneath it.
In the last two weeks the underpass has been impacted three different times, a local farm owned bus, a pickup truck, and now today’s accident that shut the underpass down to traffic for almost two hours.
I witnessed multiple vehicles down here trying to get through and had to turn around and some even tried to go under just after they got the underpass cleared.
People don’t seem to pay attention to the height clarence signs of 7 feet, 2 inches or the speed down here its clearly marked 40 miles per hour.
My honest opinion is the Butts Road underpass should be sealed and turned into a dead end to avoid someone getting seriously hurt or killed.
With the way the accidents keep occurring it’s not a matter of if but when.
Aaron Vosburgh
Albion
