Crossing accidents
Train accidents at railroad crossings
Posted Mon, 12/14/2009 - 12:53
An upstate NY 68-year-old man was killed at an unprotected crossing in Northumberland on Wednesday morning. According to the sheriff's department, the truck was crossing the tracks and got stuck. An oncoming freight train then hit the truck, killing the operator and injuring the 53-year-old driver.
This dangerous crossing has no protective lights or gates.
Posted Fri, 12/11/2009 - 17:40
Three people were killed in a railroad crossing accident at a dangerous, unprotected crossing with no lights and gates in Trenton, Missouri on Wednesday.
In addition to the inherent dangers of an unprotected railroad crossing, the crossing environment was made more dangerous by the winter storm running through the area.
Posted Tue, 12/08/2009 - 10:26
A 33-year-old mother in Diggins, Missouri was killed Friday as she attempted to cross a private railroad crossing in the area. The crossing is dangerous, containing no protective devices such as flashing lights and a protective gate, being outiftted instead with nothing but a stop sign.
The mother's 8-year-old daughter survived the crash, but is currently listed as being in critical condition.
Posted Wed, 11/25/2009 - 11:37
A respected pastor and his wife were killed on Sunday morning at an unguarded crossing in Lemoine, LA. The crossing is not outfitted with any safety devices - no lights or gates. Only a crossbuck sign exists to mark the location of the crossing. The oncoming train hit the car on the passenger's side, causing the car to burst into flames and pushing it nearly 200 feet. The driver and passenger were both killed immediately upon impact.
Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 12:02
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.
Posted Wed, 10/21/2009 - 08:54
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.
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:36
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.
Posted Tue, 10/13/2009 - 16:28
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.
Posted Fri, 10/02/2009 - 16:00
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."
Posted Fri, 09/11/2009 - 15:14
A 67 year old man of Keyser, West Virginia was struck and killed by a freight train Wednesday night. The wheels of the disabled man's scooter became stuck in between the rail and the asphalt at the crossing. Though he struggled to move the scooter, he was unable to get unstuck before an approaching freight train collided with the man and killed him.
The crossing itself is outfitted with a protective gate, though it is unclear how long the man was stuck on the tracks before struck by the train.
