Concerns over the safety of U.S. Route 42 and Beaver Road grew louder following a deadly crash near the intersection on Tuesday.
Per the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, over the last five years — excluding Tuesday’s collision — 24 incidents have occurred at the intersection. Of those, 14 have led to injury, and two were fatal.
“There’s been too many fatalities, too many wrecks, too many cars going over the embankment,” Patricia Goodman, who lives next to the intersection, said. “There should be something that should be done.”…