A car crash on White Street has sent two to the hospital, according to reports.
A vehicle was struck on White Street around 12:30 p.m., resulting in a t-bone accident in front of the Dunkin Donuts on White Street.
For those of you not from Danbury, here's the problem.
The Dunkin Donuts on White Street is the oldest of the franchise in Danbury (if my memory serves me correctly) and the problem with this place is it's location with the oncoming traffic on White Street.
In the map below, the Dunkin Donuts is boxed in blue while the blue trial indicates the path of the car.
Here's a closer view...
Now in the photo:
• The arrows in blue indicates the person pulling out of Dunkin Donuts and turning right (his left) onto White Street (towards Western).
• The portion in purple indicates cars on White Street that make a turn-hand left onto Balmforth Ave.
• Portion in red indicates the two lanes of traffic going from White Street towards Main Street.
• The portion in green indicates the two lanes the car driving from Main Street on White Street towards Newtown Road.
• The X in yellow indicates where I believe the "t-bone style" accident happened and,
• The series of arrows in White indicate how the accident could have been avoided if the car exited Maple Ave and turned left onto White Street at the intersection.
Looks like a mess huh? Well, you're right and this traffic disaster needs to be fixed before someone gets killed.
As many in Danbury know, White Street is a rather busy street and at times traffic on this street can be a nightmare. If you're exiting the Dunkin Donuts parking lot and plan to to turn onto White Street towards Newtown Road, in most cases you need to cross three lanes of traffic (as indicated in the map). In most cases this can be VERY dangerous and could result in accidents as in the case yesterday.
This is COMPLETELY avoidable and the solution is quite simple.
If you simply eliminate the ability for people to turn left out of the Dunkin Donuts parking lot to White Street (like put up a NO LEFT TURN SIGN), and require customers to exit the parking lot onto Maple Ave THEN make the left onto White Street (as shown in the map by the white arrows), then all of your troubles would be solved.
If the light bulb doesn't go off in owner Eduardo Batista's head, the city should intervene and do the right thing. What's more important, the amount of trips greedy Batista can jam into that outdated coffee shop per day or public safety?
My thoughts and prayers go out to those who were in this horrible t-bone accident. Hopefully the city will finally wise up and fix this alarming traffic problem before the next accident.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
