A spot that has been no stranger to collisions saw another one at 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13.

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A 2008 Ford F-350 pulling a livestock trailer collided with a 1993 Buick Regal at the intersection of Newberry Road and U.S. Highway 30.

Ivan Stoltzfus, 50, of Iowa, was driving the pickup truck south on Newberry. He told responding officer Sgt. Gary Hovey that he had stopped at the stop sign before proceeding.

Stoltzfus said he believed the intersection had four-way stop signs, according to an accident report from the North Platte Police Department.

It doesn’t.

Stoltzfus hit the Regal, driven by Randy Miles, 24, of Maxwell as the Regal headed east on Highway 30.

Miles told police that he saw Stoltzfus slow down, not stop, before entering the intersection. Witnesses supported Miles’ statement.

A third vehicle that was not involved in the accident was eastbound on Highway 30 and intended to turn north onto Newberry, but stopped in the center lane when the driver realized that Stoltzfus was not going to stop.

The accident report said there are flashing lights in the median and above the stop signs for north and south-bound traffic at the intersection. There are also signs indicating that cross traffic on the highway does not stop.

Stoltzfus’s Ford suffered $5,000 in damage. Miles’ Buick was totaled. No citations were issued and alcohol use is not suspected in the collision.

Randy Miles and his passenger, Diane Miles, 19, also of Maxwell, suffered minor injuries, according to the accident report. Diane Miles was treated at Great Plains Regional Medical Center.

Dangerous place

Within three years after the intersection and north bypass opened in September 2002, at least nine people had been injured in seven accidents there. One person was killed.

In 2004, after a rash of accidents, rumble strips were added on the north and south sides of the intersection. The stop signs were moved closer to the roadway, and red flags were placed on the stop signs to attract attention.

The state also built flashing red warning lights at the intersection and speed limits approaching the intersection were lowered.

In March 2008, the state paid $3.52 million to three families harmed in accidents at that intersection, after the Nebraska Court of Appeals reviewed three lawsuits.