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March 2008

Delaware man hit by train

Posted Tue, 03/25/2008 - 00:00

An architect employed with a Kansas City firm contracted to work for Amtrak was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Providence last week. The man who died is said to have been working alongside three other men, one of whom was seriously injured. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the railroad accident. This report estimates that a full Federal investigation will take up to one year to complete. So far reports indicate that the curvature of the railroad track may have contributed to this train accident.

Iraq veteran killed in train accident

Posted Tue, 03/18/2008 - 00:00

A military MP stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, who served two tours in Iraq, was struck and killed by a train in Chapman, Kansas last weekend. As has been the case in several recent train accidents, this was a pedestrian-train accident. Please click the link for additional information about the young man whose life was cut short.

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Crossing accident injures two

Posted Fri, 03/14/2008 - 00:00

A busy highway in Missouri has seen a number of accidents at one of its railroad crossings over the years. Two women were recently injured in a 3 vehicle accident near Columbia. This and various other railroad crossing accidents have happened here due to the 70 mph speed limit and the fact that certain vehicles like school buses and fuel trucks, by law, have to stop at the crossing. Although accidents of this nature have been happening at this crossing for over a decade, MDoT is only now considering adding a flashing light to warn motorists of halted traffic.

Two survive horrific car/train wreck

Posted Mon, 03/03/2008 - 01:00

A town is amazed after seeing the remains of an almost unrecognizeable Land Rover that was hit by a train going over 50 mph. Fortunately their amazement is not at the destruction but at the fact that the two occupants lived through the railroad crossing accident. This train accident happened at a crossing with no gates, as we so often see. It is, however, rare that the occupants of such a railroad accident survive. Unfortunately, we cannot depend on luck for survival; lights and gates save lives - plain and simple.