WHAT is going on with that stretch of roadway???? Is anyone conducting an investigation into this???? WHY do people keep crossing the lines into the other lane along this stretch of roadway? This is now the 4th or 5th major accident along the same stretch of highway.

MaryLynn, I feel the same way. It's making me sick to my stomach. I had just travelled the same stretch of 206 minutes earlier!!!

or maybe a phone call or a important text came through. I travel 206 almost every day..and I've lost count with the number of vehicles that have veered into my lane.

Its not the road but rather the drivers not paying attention. I am betting a hand held device is involved.

For years these types of accidents have happened. I avoid 206 whenever possible. All it takes is a person taking their eye off the road, @ 45 or 50mph, and no median. I'm always looking out for the "other guy" on 206.

If possible, I absolutely avoid 206. The most dangerous road I travel. People just cannot stay in their lane when they are "distracted". Everyone needs to see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9krX9fHAfHM

are they checking the cell phone records from these accidents???

That is one dangerous stretch of road. The guy with the totaled navigator should be happy, that ride went out of style a long time ago. Now he gets to buy a set of wheels that doesnt look like it belongs to jay-z. circa 1999.

Why don't we wait to make sure these people are okay before we start checking cell phone records. Stuff happens all the time that doesn't involve hand held devices...sunglare, animals, ice, mechanical failure, medical issues...so before we start acting as the judge and jury and condeming people before the facts come out, why don't we all just hope and pray that everyone is okay and survives to tell what happened.

Even not distracted, I watch people just driving too close to the yellow line, especially when the road curves. I am surprised there are not more accidents in Chester, between the Shell Station and the Dunkin Donuts. There, cars have to cross over four lanes of highway plus the turn lane just to get to the other side of town. The only other option is to drive through the Rite Aide or Streets of Chester parking lots, which many people do but is illegal and dangerous. In the morning, it is downright dangerous to pedestrians and drivers alike, as the parking lots turn into roadways.

Reading this made me sick to my stomach as the exact same thing happened to me 10 years ago. Exact! Same spot n 206. A young man crossed over the double line heading north trying to pass a slower vehicle. I was airlifted and endured 3 years of surgeries and physical therapy. That year I believe there were countess other accidents, two of them fatal. The only thing that helps is police presence on that road. Those of us who live here know the danger. It seems to be the folks passing through who need a lesson.

Route 206 is very similar to Rte 46 in Mt. Olive... it's a road that was not designed for the volume and speed of traffic that we have today. Without a median between the two directions, it makes head on collisions far more likely.

My brother in law was the one airlifted!!!!! You should choose your words wisely!!! You have no idea what our family has endured yesterday and you never know who is reading these comments!!! Im appalled to see so many of these rude comments,!! Jason we love you and are praying for you as well as the other families.

Thanks Stacie and Pam

Unfortunately, we have an update on this story.

http://patch.com/A-1T8C

Thanks to the one literate person, (not again) and can it to the rest. I don't make silly comments when people die. The original story had no reported injuries, and the damage would indicate as much.

@Not Domino...I most certainly can discern between idiotic and non-idiotic. You're points are actually quite valid and in line with what mine was in my post. People are so quick to assume that someone did "something wrong" and there is an immediate blame. And then the moron who said that whomever was driving the truck (who just so happens to be the mother who lost her baby) is lucky because now she can get a new truck. Yup...those people are idiots. Save your "points" for someone who doesn't get it. I'm actually on the same page as you. How about you read between the lines considering I was addressing Kelly, who's brother-in-law, was involved in the accident and expressed disgust considering it is a family member of HERS and she was quite understandably upset. Spare me, Not Domino or, Not using your real name...same difference.

Well said Karen. ~ God Bless ALL involved <3

Why can't the the DOT or NJ install preventative measures on this recurring dangerous stretch of roadway????? It seems so elementary a conclusion.