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COINCIDENTAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN A WEATHER CRISIS

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COINCIDENTAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN A WEATHER CRISIS DEANA :  On January 8, 2024, it began snowing late afternoon in St. Charles and Warren Counties. On my way home, traffic was heavy and slow on Hwy 40 and 70. At Foristell, I exited the interstate in hopes that there would be fewer vehicles on the service road. (not trying to go faster, just to be with fewer vehicles). The road was snow-covered and it was hard to tell where the shoulder was, and of course, SLICK. A truck in front of me and one other car skidded into a ditch, The car between us skidded to the left and headfirst into the ditch. The pick-up truck driver used my phone to call his dad, and the car to the left approached us both.  Turns out, it was Robert and Betty, friends who live 4 miles from me. Other cars continued to traverse the service passing me while I was communicating with the stranded drivers. It was scary given the risk of any of them sliding into the already crashed cars and their drivers out of