Handicapped Motorist Killed By Union Pacific Train
(Selma, California – April 19, 2011) A 60-year-old woman from El Centro, California and unfamiliar...
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Volunteer Group Says Caltrain Crossing Death “An Accident Waiting To Happen”
(Palo Alto, California – April 18, 2011) A volunteer watchdog group, “Track Watch”, says the...
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Canadian Pacific U.S. Subsidiary Finally Reconstructs Fatal Crossing Accident
(Austin, Minnesota – April 8, 2011) A railroad crossing accident which killed an 18-year-old high...
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Investigation Into BNSF Triple Fatality Near Longview Will Take Months
(Kelso, Washington – April6, 2011) A myriad of state and federal regulatory agencies are participating...
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Train Derails, Kills Motorist Waiting At Railroad Crossing
(Wrightsville, Arkansas – March 20, 2011) A 60-year-old motorist was killed Sunday evening about 6:15...
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“Big Ten” States Start Calling Shots On Grade Crossing Safety Plans In August
(Washington, D.C., June 29. 2010) Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas the states with the most grade crossing accidents, on average, over the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, have until August 27, 2011 to develop and implement their own (apart from the national) grade crossing safety plans which will then cover the next five years. The ruling was handed down by the USDOT's Federal Railroad Administration following a February 22, 2010 public hearing in Washington, after the U. S.
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22-Year-Old Killed At Unsignalized Crossing
A young Kansas man was killed when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive broadsided his...
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Unprotected Rural Railroad Crossing Kills Experienced Driver
(Lewellen, Nebraska – February 15, 2011) An 85-year-old, lifelong area resident died about 3:20 P.M....
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Trucker Dies at Crossing with Erratic Crossing Signals
(Dunkirk, New York – Jan. 16, 2011) “On Wednesday morning, (Jan. 12) Texas tractor-trailer driver...
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Mother killed, daughter injured in Missouri railroad crossing accident
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.
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