Every year at least one person is killed or maimed at this ridiculous 90 degree angle of a turn. Its existence as a public road is gross negligence on the part of the City of Newport, which could be liable for a class action law suit.

This turn exists, without sufficient reflectors, warnings, and speed bumps, because many of the homeowners object to ANY change. Most egregious is Michael Gewirz, who thinks he owns the whole intersection.

Its about time the people of the City of Newport pressure the leaders to enact eminent domain, get some bulldozers, and build a safe and responsible road and turn, for the most highly traveled road in all of Newport.

My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Liotta.

This wall as had to be fixed a few times because of car wrecks. I travel that road to go around the Drive all the time and not once have I ever had a problem . If you follow the speed limit and pay attention there is a sign showing that road turns. Speed had to be a factor.

Neglect on the city? Really, I'm sure one of the factors of the crash will be excessive speed. The city has signs posted everywhere on bellevue "25mph". As terrible as this is, I don't think the city is to blame.

I ride snowmobiles in maine. There are many 90 degree turns on the trail. There are more warnings in the trails in Maine than there are on this turn in Newport. It is time to step up and put a blinking light that would be activated by motion so that they don't need to be turned on all the time. I also believe people look at those Camels which could also be a distraction

This city is full of turns like this, should we knock down every building that inhibits a driver to make a gradual turn? If I drive to the bottom of Pelham Street and don't turn right I'll hit the wall separating Thames & America's Cup. It doesn't matter that there's a stop sign there. If I'm not going to stop for a wall am I going to stop for a stop sign? The answer is no.

In most of the cases of crashes at this turn that I remember there has been some other mitigating factor. One was heavy fog with a driver who if I'm not mistaken was unfamiliar with his surroundings. Another 2 at least included intoxicated drivers who if the wall was not there probably would have just hit the house or worse gone into the water.

This case confuses me as it was during broad daylight and the gentleman involved in the accident was presumably familiar with this turn. I don't want to speculate, but it is possible that he may have lost control of the car.

With that said my prayers are with the Liotta family.

Ya... Know-----this debate is foolish--- there is a problem... and that is death and accidents- severe enough to be a "PROBLEM" !!!! Humans- such as we are, make mistakes and get lost or lose balance...(in step, in life, in General) when there are such a number of issues and accidents as this is--- I know you Grand Subjects wish never to be bothered- But now must be pushed a bit to ensure the safety of all.... I am so very sorry MR and MRS Plushbottom!!!--- That you might have to wake up and see that the "average" person--resident or tourist might not be as skilled or as hmmmm "Aware" of your Lovely Belle A view as you are--- Let's just make it safer-- Get it SAFE ER!!! Help instead of being so fricking GRAND--- and tedious---- We do have some really odd angles and rough roads and tight double lane roads--- Take the worst of those that have "killed" and repair or light better-- what's that saying about an ounce of something---- well you know----

Blessings and care to the Liotta Family--- dont' let this man die in vain....

"You compare the end of Pelham street, a stop, with a STOP SIGN, to a "turn" without a stop, without a sign, or warning, a turn that is also 90 degrees. "

If you had the reading comprehension of a 2nd grader you would have seen in my comment I said "If I'm not going to stop for a wall am I going to stop for a stop sign?". Name one circumstance where a stop sign ever stopped someone from plowing into a wall if the person wasn't planning on stopping anyway? "I couldn't see that 50 foot wall in front of me, but good thing that 3x3' stop sign was there! Whew!"

"Please tell me the name of another 90 degree turn that you know of."

Old Beach Road right past Eustis headed towards the pond just to name one. Do you even live on Aquidneck Island? You know very well that there are many, many streets in Newport that turn like this, so don't play dumb (unless you aren't playing and are just actually stupid). It seems like you have some kind of "big issue" with this turn in particular and the people that live in this neighborhood. I'm not here to play internet psychologist, so we'll just agree that you have issues and leave it at that.

"Then you blame a large group of dead people, who cannot speak for themselves, without knowing any of the details of their deaths. What a nasty thing to do. Did you ever think that some of the people who died may have known A LOT of people in Newport. Of course you are anonymous."

Do I know the intricate details of their deaths? No, of not, neither do you, so calm down a little. I have read The articles both in print and online that are based on police reports prepared by the newport PD, so yes, I do think I have a basic understanding of the circumstances of their deaths. Would I blame the person who got lost on a foggy night, no, I'd blame mother nature. Would I blame the two people I remember (neither of whom I recall dying by the way, so nice assumption) who had high blood alcohol contents? Well, yeah I guess I would. Maybe that makes me a jerk, but when your drunk (and we all know this to be true) you react slowly to things like pedestrians, balls kicked into the street and sadly yes, big brownstone walls.

At this point it can't hurt the situation to put more safety precautions there, simply because of the volume of accidents that have occurred. I can't speak of the situations that all of these people were driving in, though I will say I believe that whether of not the turn is a bizarre one, just coming upon it it's clear that as a driver you need to take extra caution in maneuvering it. Either way, sad to see yet another accident on this spot.

This is tragic for my family. I hope no one else will lose someone at this location. Please hold your loved ones close tonight.

Mr. Weisley",Please tell me the name of another 90 degree turn that you know of." There are numerous around the "ocean drive", Keep going from the scene of this accident and the next turn is 90 then your next left towards bailys is a 90, where ocean ave. turns to castle hill ave is a 90, then castle hill turns left onto harrison is a 90, the north end of ridge rd. turns right at a 90. The intersection of ridge and harrison (there is a stop sign) . Take a left at harrison and beacon then about 300 feet is a 90 right. Going down halidon takes a 90 on welligton. Thats just a few around the ocean drive, so there are 90s out there. I think it comes down to is that if you are unfamiliar with the roads you are driving then you should obey the speed limits. To say that the City of Newport is liable is unfair. Again we dont know the circumstances of this terrible accident, maybe Mr. Liotta had some underlying medical condition? We dont know, so maybe we should'nt jump to conclusions either way.

These comments are ridiculous.....build the wall out of foam rubber with a deep catch area so a car can fall into it and not be damaged, automatically return the car to the road and kiss all the folks inside.......this is not the last person to decide to hit this wall and we know it was not the first

Good lord, just install a blinking light and be done with it!!

An ounce of Prevention.... lights, a slow Curve/ Angle sign... some speed bumps at points coming and going near that turn--- Might be a good idea as well, and a blinking light---Yes that might be good too. Beyond that--- Mr. Zooport---- what is your STORY, your quite a bit of a huffle puffle, Your clearly a BULLY-- and have your points... But hush a bit and think--- some good kind soul Died here many have died here in this area or spot... Now are we placing bets for the next one to die here??? Something very odd is going on with this area... It becomes "OUR' job to keep thy brother--- even if you don't aggree with the format... Now hush and let others say their say and stop prattling on so! Give a bit of your Care and less of your WIND--- we can all take that on, It will serve anyone well!

Its obviously speed and not paying attention. I do think speed bumps or a flashing arrow would help. The wealthy people around that area probably don't wanna see any changes done. It will probably take a lawsuit to make things happen.

Rumble strips across the road may help the most and be totally inobtrusive. That said, there are signs and a reduced speed limit approaching the turn. Further, this man obviously knows the area and the turn. While mechanical failure is possible, distraction, impairment (physical, medical or chemical) or deliberate intent is at work here. All the signage, lighting and whatnot would have been ineffectual.

Unless you are a Detective in the Newport Police Department (and I do not think coming on here and sharing your thoughts would be appropriate or ethical) or a trained forensic investigator you can speculate til the cows come home. Someone is dead. I think the whole point is.... a man is dead...why should we be theorizing now? Nothing can change that and the whatifs wheres whys maybes perhaps don't matter. It would be nice to stop with the finger pointing and theorizing and just pass on some condolences here. seriously.

Very, very sad - did anyone notice that the Narraganset Patch reported Prof. Liotta's arrest for DUI on August 10th? He'd consumed two pints of vodka, according to the police report. So let's not rush to re-grade that intersection just yet.

August 10, of _2011_. Not this year. Way to respect a man who is not even buried yet, who was working so hard in his recovery. Was every other person who was killed or injured a that point drunk.? You display not only faulty logic but crass insensitivity. It never ceases to amaze me what anonymity brings out in people. It saddens me beyong beleif at this already difficult time.

Why not knock down the wall and house behind it and put up signs that say speed up..that will fix the problem of too many people with no common sense or driving skills. Straight into the sea I say..