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October 2009

3 injured, one killed in Mississippi train accident at unguarded crossing

Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 11:02

A tragic train accident in McComb, Mississippi has left three youths dead and one critically injured.  Those who lost their lives were aged 17, 12, and 2 years old.  The survivor is 17.

The Amtrak train struck the vehicle at an unguarded crossing.  There were no lights or gates to warn motorists of the approaching train. The track speed for the area is 60 MPH.

Wisconsin man killed at railroad crossing, alcohol not a factor

Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 07:54

A 79-year old man lost his life at a railroad crossing in Marshfield, WI.  He was transported from the scene of the crash to a local hospital, where he remained unconscious and died shortly after.  Medical examiners determined that he had not suffered a stroke or heart attack that would have knocked him unconscious.  Seeing that he was transporting beer, police theorized that he may have been drunk and cited him for driving under the influence.

Railroad's penalty up to $25.6 million for egregious' misconduct in wreck

Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 10:36
By PAUL LEVY - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

MINNEAPOLIS -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. engaged in a "staggering" pattern of misconduct aimed at covering up its role in the deaths of four young people whose car collided with a train largely because a crossing gate wasn't working properly, a judge declared Thursday.

One killed, two injured in Kansas train accident tragedy

Posted Tue, 10/13/2009 - 15:28

A train accident in Girard, Kansas at an unguarded railroad crossing resulted in tragedy on Sunday.  The driver, a 22 year old woman, lost her life in the accident, and her 7 month old baby and the father both were seriously injured in the accident.  The accident is under investigation.  No gate to protect motorists from trains exists at the crossing.

Ohio man killed at unguarded railroad crossing with vegetation

Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 15:00

A 76-year-old man was hit by a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad train in Crawford County, Ohio on Wednesday morning.  The railroad crossing has no lights or gates to protect or warn approaching vehicles and pedestrians of an approaching train.

A local who lives two houses from the railroad crossing says: "When you are driving north and the corn is grown up like it is now, you cannot see if a train is coming. There has been one other fatal accident since I have lived here, and that was also because of the crossing. It was a motorcycle that was hit by a train."