Surviving the East Longmeadow rotary

EAST LONGMEADOW, mass. (WWLP) - The East Longmeadow rotary is the site of hundreds of accidents and has been featured on national television as being one of the most dangerous stretches of roadway in the world.

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It's very heavily traveled area that thousands of cars pass through every day. Seven streets come together without any traffic lights, making for a dangerous combination.

The rotary is so notorious that a page has started on facebook.com named “I'm an East Longmeadow Rotary Survivor.”

The rotary is different in that incoming traffic has the right of way, and cars passing through have to yield.

About ten years ago, stop signs were put up to control traffic off Main Street and Somers Road.

And according the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, between 2003 and 2005 there were about 150 crashes there, but no fatalities.