Baby Te amo I wish I was with in the car when this happen to you and I was with you right now forgive me

Justaguy, the road just lies there, how is that dangerous? The sharp edged spoon only cuts those that use it. Logic is only wasted on the illogical.

Having had a chance to drive through this area several times at night in the rain, I stand corrected.

The entire project is an over-complicated mess, but that curve and stop from old 59 on to the new bypass was horribly marked when the accident happened. In addition, the design (if you could call it that) gives the optical illusion to someone traveling east on old 59 that the road continues straight, instead of radically turning to the right just prior to the stop at the intersection. It' no wonder that someone would have driven off the end of it.

By now it's been barreled, barricaded and signed--but imagine it without all that after-the-fact marking and drive it yourself in the dark and rain to see how you feel you might have done if you didn't know it was coming up (and be very careful, both at the intersection and in the roundabouts on new 59!).

I'm sure you know better than anyone else just how smart you think you are. If you really think we don't have unsafe roads your head is in the sand anyways so I need say nothing.If you've ever been on hwy 51 where it turns into hwy 22 you'll know just how unsafe some roads are. Some of you people think just bcuz the road is there it's safe, either you don't drive or you have no clue, you have a Happy turkey day.

First off.. thoughts and prayers to they family and friends.... Second I blame the DOT and the ones who did not put up a curve sign or any type of warning to indicate that a curve was up ahead in her death....

If there was a sharp edge on a spoon, you wouldn't use it. Thats what he is trying to say. Things, including cars, are only dangerous if the person neglects the rules of the road. JMO I pray the family is okay,..you don't have to comment back that I am an idiot and don't know what I am talking about becuz I know the mentality of some posters on here and it doesn't bother me. Happy Turkey Day everyone!

monkeyboy: What if that spoon has a sharp edge? Try your logic on someone else.

This is a very sad situation but, there are no dangerous roads just as there are no dangerous spoons. Only when humans use them, can they become "dangerous".

fatty: Open your eyes and WAKE UP, where did i say I was in the car or that I knew what had happened? .... this Lady lost here life, you have no idea what happened but your talking like you know what did happen ... What a putz

My roommate was on that road last night and got home fine. She did comment on how dark it is out there, considering the curve etc. This is tragic for the family and hopefully something will be done. I'm hoping it won't be come the "highway of death" that the Whitewater bypass is. I lost a very good friend on that road.

justaguy: My apologies, i didn't know you were in the car when she crashed. thanks for clearing up "the facts" im glad you were there to tell us what happened exactly. or perhaps you were going by your own biased opinion that everything is someone elses fault instead of reading the facts that are listed right there in front of your. the police said speed was a factor. there are all kinds of ways to prove how fast she was going etc. and im sure they are doing that if its not already been done. why don't you pay for a copy of the police report and we'll talk about "the facts". cluelessly yours Fatty :)

fatty: Unless you were in the car also you have no clue into what really happened, so I'll go with the fact that you have no clue.

first of all it is a sad situation.... my condolences to the family for their loss. however the speed limits set around WI are the suggested speeds at which you can drive in dry normal conditions. if you try using this GUIDELINE you will notice when it is DRY and NORMAL CONDITIONS you have no problem controlling your vehicle and navigating the terrain seems quite simple. so technically when the conditions change so do the safe speed limits... people are always in too much of a hurry and almost every one speeds including law enforcement agencies. people also don't understand how easy it is to lose control when you are driving that fast, the highway and city streets are not a race track designed to be "flawless" warranting excessive speeds like in nascar. there are too many people out there who think they are invincible and that they can't lose control they are too good of drivers for that. well unfortunately we are going to see a lot of those peoples names under the accidents log as we come into winter, hopefully they will not be in the obits. what happened to this woman is certainly unfortunate... however i would be surprised if the entire cause of this accident was her fault and her fault alone. the police report even said speed was a factor. and who knows maybe she did have a heart attack or even mechanical failure...either way the curve didn't push her accelerator, or give her coronary disease. i really only see one person to blame here....

For everyone's information, I lived on E. High St. for several years. I should say sleepless years. Over 90% of the traffic goes over the posted 25MPH sign at all times. Speeding leaving town, speeding coming into the lights at the intersection. The signs say 25MPH, not 45 or more MPH. Jake braking goes on at all hours. Check the signs when entering a city. NO ENGINE BRAKING EXCEPT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. The doors and windows of the house shook all the time. Cops wouldn't do a thing about it. The Milton fire department and EMS went by the house on a daily basis if not more than once a day. I know several people on the FD and they just shake their heads at how some people are. By the way, there was even a car that lost control going east at 7:30AM and rolled over a couple of times and ended up in a someone's lawn after missing oncoming traffic. You need to live there and see what I'm talking about.

Too fast for conditions on a rainy night coming up on a curve, maybe, but if the curve was not clearly marked in the dark and she didn't know it was there?? Was she going too fast for conditions if it was a straight road?

My heart goes out to Reyna's family and friends.

swisschic maybe you need to slow your mouth down before you spesk. to fast for conditions is a very broad term when it comes to weather and it can be ANY SPEED. I was going 30 miles (in a 55) an hour because of heavy rain.and got cited for the very same thing I beat it in court.

Unfortunately this is a tragic story but many of you have to accept that people want to find out why and how more than they will feel sorry for a strangers family. So of course there will be speculation, nothing wrong with opinions and ideas about why something could have happened. That's the most often asked question when something happens isn't it? "Why?"
Yet it seems people here don't want to hear anything but "prayers for the family" or the person gets called 'cold'.

My condolences go to the family.
It has been reported that 7.7 million dollars were spent on this bypass. I drive that road everyday, my comment was meant to be about the amount of money spent on this project, and the LACK of proper signage, crash or no crash.

There were more than just us 2 that made comments not to your liking. It's a very sad situation, but I will refer to 916WI's post that commented better than I could.
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BTW, my condolences to the family.

"expect" my bad, figured I better fix that before someone did it for me ...

916wi: Don't incude me in your statement where you said "we" exspect the government to baby us, I do exspect tho the DMV, DOT and the state to spend "MY" money more wisely when it comes to driving safely on these roads. I don't know this erea very well and if it was raining I would be driving at a safe speed BUT i would also want a safe and nicely marked road. You have no idea what was going on in this Lady's car before this crash.So Guess what ... worry about your driving.

All you "blamers" who were not there and do not have a clue what actually happened need to maybe just keep a bit quiet. Someone today lost their daughter, their mother, their wife or maybe even their friend. Its the holiday Season and this just makes it worse. How terrible to sit there and speculate when a life was just lost. Grow up, and shut up.

mespl,swisschick: Both of you are about as cold as people can be, I haven't driven in this area in some time but this curve sounds very unsafe and very unmarked. Both of you want to blame it on this Lady for driving too fast, well if this is an unsafe curve I exspect my tax dollars to mark this area a bit better, God knows we have many unsafe, poorly marked roads in and around janesville. Imprudent speed was listed as a factor but not proven .... or are you two judges now, or just two very cold people?

myangel23 thanks the "sorry"

sorry--I meant to type "was familiar with the area"

Correction.... Mespl...
Sorry..Mstein..

How many other people drove that road last night, there must have been at least a handful. Now what exactly were those other people doing that she was not, unless there was a medical problem like was stated earlier. My guess would be driving the appropriate speed for conditions (this was a stated cause of the accident in the report) and they must have been paying attention. This accident was avoidable that is why I keep posting on here, this should have never happened. Could there be more signs sure there could be more signs everywhere, however signs don’t slow a car down or force the drivers to watch the road. People should learn from this and take it as a reminder to pay attention to the road instead of blaming signage! Ok I am done, call me what you want, but please pay attention when driving so that these preventable accidents can be avoided.

R.I.P Reyna

Everyone is awful quick to judge when they aren't the ones behind the wheel. The road is not clearly marked, yes. She may have been driving too fast for conditions, yes. But until you are there in their shoes, you should shut your mouth. Nicely stated, "Spark".

"And everyone on here is blaming the intersection..."

Exaggerate much? The signage, or lack thereof, was probably a contributing factor, as was driving too fast for conditions, and who knows what else. If the signage was adequate, the DOT wouldn't be putting up more barriers.

You know how you show compassion about someone you don't know who has something tragic like this happen?

By not commenting. Period.

Show the family respect.

If she had a heart attack or stroke then it wasnt the intersections fault either. But we cant say that everyone else might be wrong either can we!

Amen justaguy ...

Your clearly not "justaguy" but a special caring guy ! Happy holidays to you and your family !

mespl: How do you know what went on in that car before the crash, were you in it? Maybe she has a heart attact or stroke or anyother kind of problem. You already have it her fault and you have no clue as to why this happened, your one cold peice of work. My prayers are with her family.

Happy holidays to you and your intact family !

And everyone on here is blaming the intersection, and saying that I am heartless for saying that it was her responcibility.

I am being heartless because I expect someone to pay attention to where they are driving and make sure that the road dose indeed continue in the direction that they are aiming their two ton piece of metal? Honestly here people, when you get in your cars please do not turn on autopilot and just hope you arrive at your destination. You need to pay attention when you are driving that is your responsibility. This is a horrible tragedy however I am sick and tired of people blaming everyone else when they make an error. I stand behind my statement that it is the drivers responsibility to stay on the road, call me heartless all you want, what I say is true and sometimes the truth is not what we want it to be.

"The vast majority of people don’t want big government however they also don’t want to take responsibility for their actions."

My god, this has nothing to do with "big government". I'm pretty sure the person that DIED took responsibility for her actions the moment she hit the end loader. R.I.P.

I drive it everyday as well , the road has only been open a week today and already someone has lost their life . Your right mespl ...Not an issue ... I wonder if you would say the same thing if you were sitting at the stop sign and watched this happen . How can you be so heartless ? Or does this need to happen again for you to wake up ?

My condolences to the family, however when dose it simply become personal responsibility to stay on the road? The vast majority of people don’t want big government however they also don’t want to take responsibility for their actions. And yes I have driven it.

I drive it everyday to work. It is confusing like previously stated, the headlights coming at you from old 59 ????? It should be better marked. going to fast or not, is needs better signage!

Thank god ! ... They are also putting up the construction barrels ! To those people in the earlier blog , I hope you have taken the time to drive out there and look before trying to post on this news update .

This could have been avoided ... In fact it should have been avoided !

The odd thing is if she'd've survived, she would have been ticketed for going too fast for road conditions and the DOT wouldn't be looking into making it safer. This isn't the only place where accidents are more possible, and I'd hope that it doesn't take a fatality at each of them for action(s) to help prevent them to be put in motion.

Maybe she just needed to "SLOW DOWN"....

the "road closed sign" at 26 and 59 has been down for days.

as you leave milton on Old 59, in the dark, in the rain, all you can see are the on-coming head lights from where hwy 59 used to be. As of today, they are putting out flashing baracades and signs....

"People fear roundabouts in America — they've been called 'Circles of Death,' Vanderbilt says. "And nothing could be further from the truth."

http://tinyurl.com/ykysp6b

Previous story stated too fast for conditions also. Could this just be the problem? Also, as I posted in the previous story, there is/was a "Road Closed 1 1/4 Miles Ahead" sign (barricade) right at the intersection of E. High St./Hwy. 26. Shouldn't that have been a "sign"??

They should of looked into this BEFORE there was another tragedy!

its good to see them look at this now instead of waiting for another tragedy