'People keep dying': Second crash in 11 days at Lockport intersection
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Neighbors who live near the intersection of Bartz and Rapids roads in the Town of Lockport are calling for safety changes after two people were killed in separate crashes there last month.The most recent crash happened Friday and claimed the life of a 27-year-old mother of two young children. Henry Kamens has lived on Bartz Road for nearly 40 years and said he has seen crash after crash at the intersection."I don't know what they have to do," Kamens said. "People keep dying."Another fatal crash happened Oct. 19. In that case, Kamens said a Jeep stopped at the stop sign on Bartz Road and then drove into the path of a cement truck traveling on Rapids Road. At the intersection, Crosby Road becomes Bartz Road. Drivers traveling on Bartz and Crosby have a stop sign, while traffic on Rapids Road does not.Kamens believes some drivers mistakenly think the intersection is a four-way stop."They think it's a four-way stop," Kamens said. "They just look, you know.... they stop and they just go. Th