It has been 21 years since Ray and Margaret Harden of Perry saw two pedestrians struck by a vehicle and nearly killed as they walked near the Hardens’ home in the 2500 block of First Avenue, but they knows it could happen again at any time.
The grisly scene returned to their minds Wednesday afternoon, ray Harden said, when they saw two motorized wheelchairs traveling northbound in the center lane of Iowa Highway 144.
“These kinds of activities are disasters waiting to happen,” Harden said, repeating the advice he has been giving the city of Perry for decades: “A sidewalk is needed from Park Street to the trailer court and Crossroads Church.”…