Bicyclist injured on damaged road
An aging cracked asphalt strip of unclear origin has hurt several people. Kaufman and Dallas counties both say section isn't theirs to fix. Kaufman County says Lawson Road belongs to Dallas County. Dallas County says it's
Kaufman County's. It's a two-lane blacktop on crumbling clay soils. Lumber, rock and asphalt trucks pound it, widening and deepening the cracks that create hazards for bicyclists. Dennis Hochgraber is one of them. He
doesn't care who fixes the road as long as it just gets fixed. "My bicycle tire went down into a crack, the fork on the front of my bike snapped, and I did an immediate head-dive into the asphalt and broke my neck in two places," he said, recalling the accident that robbed him of his beloved sport of cycling forever. He had to wear a hard plastic collar for 17 weeks, and his doctor advised him not to cycle again.
