88, Apache Highway, Tortilla Flats

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88, Apache Highway, Tortilla Flats

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I think we have all drove this road, and wondered, I am surprised there are not more accidents, sad reminder....

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southe ... tilla-flat
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Re: 88, Apache Highway, Tortilla Flats

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Exact location of crash: http://hikearizona.com/map.php?QX=3335

There are several other cars in the canyon having driven off the road here in the past.

If you do a street view, you might recognize it better. Might be time for a guardrail...
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Re: 88, Apache Highway, Tortilla Flats

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@chumley
The helicopter and news agency were quick to point out the several cars still at bottom of cliff...no guard rail! guard rails=more people, with higher senses of false security...that road is busy enough...I would advocate taking another three feet of the edges of road, and removing preexisting guard rails..
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