Highway Department Removes Memorial From Bus Crash Site
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Memorial crosses placed at the site of a tour
bus crash off Interstate 55 that killed 15 people last month have
been removed by Arkansas highway officials.
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department work crews took
the crosses down Thursday, saying they pose a possible hazard.
Department spokesman Randy Ort says it wasn`t an easy decision
to take the crosses down, but state law bans obstructions in
highway rights of way.
The National Transportation Safety Board still is investigating
the October ninth accident.
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The crosses were put at the site by Greg Zanis, who operates the
Chicago-area group Crosses for Losses. Zanis and his wife Susan
began the organization after Susan`s father was murdered in 1996.
