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Article: DRIVING THE EXPRESS ROUTE TO DANGER? ALCOHOL, SPEED PROVE FATAL OUT WEST.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 27, 1995
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Byline: WENDY KOCH Times Union Washington bureau
BUTTE, Mont. Here in Silver Bow County, where Butte's gold-rush days are long gone but its hard-drinking ways remain, there are more fatal crashes on I-90 for every mile traveled than on any other interstate stretch in America.
And there's little question why. People drive too fast, especially when the weather turns bad, or they drive after hitting the bars that dot nearly every street. Out-of-state tourists sometimes nod off as they cross Big Sky Country.
``We're like the Bermuda Triangle of interstate accidents,'' said Dan Hollis, Silver Bow County coroner, referring to the local stretches of ...