This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CadiListMom Surnames: Hogue, Porter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.stanislaus/6006.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: >From CADI: HOGUE STEPHEN EUGENE 06/05/1946 PORTER M CALIFORNIA STANISLAUS 07/14/1994 568-64-5903 48 yrs HIGHWAY DEADLY -- AGAIN 4TH FATALITY IN YEAR ON STRETCH OF 108 Modesto Bee, The (CA) August 12, 1994 Author: DARITH KEO, Bee staff writer Estimated printed pages: 2 A four-mile stretch of Highway 108 east of here has claimed another motorist. Stanislaus County coroner's deputies on Thursday identified the man killed the night before in a single-vehicle crash as Christopher Steven Kroesen, 29, of Byron. He was the fourth person killed in less than a year on the four-mile stretch of highway between Lancaster Road and Knights Ferry, according to the California Highway Patrol. Kroesen was returning from a camping trip at Tulloch Lake at 8:24 p.m. when he lost control of his 1989 Dodge Dakota pickup at a sharp bend in the road, CHP officer Fred Fellows said. Kroesen, alone in his truck, was traveling about 65 mph when his truck swerved, slammed into a 45-mph speed limit sign and bounced down a ravine, Fellows said. When officers arrived, Kroesen was still strapped into his seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Fellows said about four unopened beer cans were found in or around Kroesen's pickup. An autopsy was performed Thursday, and officers are waiting for the results of toxicology tests to determine whether Kroesen was driving under the influence. A dangerous-curve sign is posted at least 300 yards before the spot where Kroesen's truck flew off the road. "It is a dangerous curve if you're not paying attention," Fellows said. "But if you drive attentively you should have ample time to slow down for the curve." Highway 108 is a windy road between Lancaster Road and Knights Ferry, but Fellows said that is not what causes all the wrecks there. Instead, Fellows blamed speed and distracted drivers. "The road is well-marked," he said. The other people killed on the same stretch of highway in the last 12 months, and the circumstances of the accidents: * Stephen Hogue, of Modesto, killed July 14 when the car he was driving drifted off the highway just east of Lovers Leap and struck a large oak tree. * Florence E. Darby, of Twain Harte, killed Dec. 2 in a head-on collision involving a car and van one mile east of Lancaster Road. Darby's husband, George Ernest Darby, was seriously injured in the crash. The driver of the van, Elk Grove resident Merian Jesse Broadhead, and two passengers suffered minor injuries. * Julio Benitez, of Sonora, killed Aug. 22 when the car he was driving drifted off the highway just east of Lovers Leap, went up an embankment and rolled over, ejecting him. Caption: (THE BEE)Fatal Highway Memo: Shorter version ran in Second and First editions Edition: All Section: B Page: 1 Index Terms: statistic fatality auto accident highway 108 modbee Dateline: OAKDALE Copyright 1994, 2002 The Modesto Bee Contact me at [email protected] and I'll put youin contact with an Oakdale volunteer that could check that weekly paper for a mention....I searched the Modesto Bee through July 19th and could not find an obituary listed..... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.