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JUN 31991 Moo 46 FAGF 600 <br />May 30, 1981 <br />Indian River County Commission <br />P. O. Box 8 <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Gentlemen: <br />Memorial Day. Early dinner for our family, with my two sons leaving <br />to go out for a while. A bare few minutes later - the horror sequence begins <br />again for me, and for those of us living by the 27th Avenue (S-607)- Glendale <br />Road (County 612) crossing. <br />The loud grinding crash - the long deep silence - the painful cries of <br />those still able to cry. The wail of the ambulance ® the sirens of the rushing <br />Sheriff cars. <br />Selfishly, my first thoughts are of my sons. Who will it be this time <br />one of mine - my neighborhood friends - or someone unknown to me, but <br />belonging to someone else who will suffer with and for the victim, <br />Selfishly again, I am thankful to find that this time it was not one of <br />my sons ® nor was it one of my neighbors a but this time it was a young <br />mother and her baby, and two other young people. Right or wrong, their <br />lives are either gone, or changed for the rest of their lives. <br />How many times has this scene been repeated at this same crossing <br />Bill Locke knows. His yard has been the graveyard for the mangled bodies <br />and wrecked cars and cycles. <br />A few days later, the crews were out repainting the signs on the road <br />at this crossing - too late for these victims - and even this is not the answer <br />or it would not happen over and over and over again. Someone within the <br />County and State system must realize that we indeed have a traffic problem <br />here ® the record will be clear on this. Lives must be put before dollars for <br />the cost of a more effective traffic control. Action must come before more <br />prolonged "surveys". Concern must come before neglect. <br />We in the neighborhood know this time it was not one of us, or ours, <br />but the next time ???????? For we know it will come again. <br />Can you help us to silence that crash, the ambulance, the Sheriff's <br />cars and the trama in the hearts of each of us in this area as all this unfolds. <br />I don't want the next episode to occur. The next victim will be someone <br />dear to someone ® perhaps one of you ® or perhaps this time I might find <br />it to be one of my own. <br />Sincerely, <br />cc: Vero Beach <br />Press Journal (Mr . James R. Mason) <br />P. O. Box 986 <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />38 <br />