ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -It’s been one week since an accident along I-55 near Festus claimed the lives of three people. A week later, another crash has happened in almost the same spot — and people who live nearby say the accidents are a daily occurrence.

“It’s just a mess,” Harris said. “Nobody knows where you’re going to go, which lane you’re going to be in. Nobody knows there’s exits in different places at different times.”

Dee Harris lives down in De Soto. She drives through the construction zone on I-55 three times a week to visit big box stores like Walmart and pick up prescriptions from Walgreens.

“You see it every day, someone’s got hurt or killed. I’m not the only one, everyone’s complaining about the construction. To me, there should’ve been some alternative, something

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