Motor vehicles
Collisions between trains and cars, motorcycles, vans, and the like.
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 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 Tue, 09/01/2009 - 12:08
A young woman of Byhalia, MS was killed Sunday in a train crash at an unguarded railroad crossing. The 21-year-old attempted to cross an unguarded railroad crossing in her Chevy Lumina when she was struck and killed by the approaching train. The crossing itself is protected by neither lights nor gates - nothing exists to warn motorists of the crossing besides a passive railroad crossing sign.
Posted Thu, 08/13/2009 - 16:17
A collision near Windsor, Colorado between a car and a train on August 1 caused no serious injuries, but it did raise questions about the safety of the railroad crossing. Residents complain that the crossing has been a problem for years. The crossing itself is bumpy, needing to be repaved, while only a crossbuck exists to warn vehicles of the crossing. No equipment is present to warn oncoming vehicles of the presence of a train - neither lights nor gates exist at the crossing.
Posted Wed, 08/05/2009 - 16:03
A person, yet to be identified, was killed Tuesday morning in a car-train accident at an unguarded railroad crossing. The driver apparently began traversing across the railroad crossing when an incoming train hit the car, flipping it over into a ditch, where it burst into flames.
The crossing is marked only by a crossbuck sign.
