SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Senate has voted to require cable barriers between opposing traffic lanes on interstate highways.
The 28-1 vote on Monday follows the death last year of Dr. Steven Fritz and Cary Fairchild. They were killed on their way to work at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem when a northbound vehicle crossed the median and struck their car traveling south.
Fritz’s widow, Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, watched the vote from the Senate gallery.
The bill requires the Oregon Department of Transportation to install cable barriers in the median if the space between opposing lanes of traffic is 100 feet wide or less.
The Senate’s approval sends the measure to the House.
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