UPDATE: We're told the rear end of the car is messed up really bad. The driver of the vehicle is sitting in the drivers seat with the door open talking to people.
UPDATE #2: The driver seems to be fine but he was taken to the Hospital. The driver is a college student and we were told last night the driver was giving his friend a hard time for not paying attention while driving, yet his friend DIDN'T HIT A TRAIN!
I hope everyone is ok
ReplyDeleteI heard it was a school bus. ?
ReplyDeleteNo Jameson, it was a train and a vehicle.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Jameson is thinking of the school bus that rear ended a car recently.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't see or hear a train coming toward you....you should't be driving !!!
ReplyDeleteEvery 115 minutes, either a person or vehicle is hit by a train.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the US Department of Transportation there are about 5,800 vehicle train crashes each year in the United States-usually at Railroad crossings. These accidents kill 600 people and injure about 2,300. More than 50% of all railroad fatal accidents occur at crossings with passive, or inadequate safety devices (often none at all!). During daylight about 75% of car train collisions involve the train hitting the car, while at night about 50% of the time the car runs into the train! Drive safe! Expect the Unexpected at train crossings!
In a statistical study released by the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the administration found that there are 2,547 train accidents annually.
An estimated 1,000 people die in train accidents every year. Some additional United States train and railroad accident statistics estimate that nearly every 2 weeks a train derailment causes a chemical spill. Some of these spills are so serious that require the evacuation of local residents. The occurrence and frequency of train accidents has been escalating since 1997.
Every 90 minutes there is a train collision or derailment.
- A train carrying hazardous material goes off the tracks approximately every 2 weeks in the United States.
- Railroads are essentially self-regulated and do come under the close scrutiny of the federal government.
- Rail companies continue to rely on technology that was developed over 70 years ago and very little effort has been made to update safety measures.
- Local jurisdictions often have no control over the train travel in their area resulting in delays for local emergency response to catastrophic situations in the community. This basically means that the fire trucks will have to wait while a trans continental freight train passes!
- More than 50% of all railroad accidents occur at unprotected crossings and, according to the Federal Railroad Administration, over 80% of railroad crossings don’t have adequate warning devices.
- Statistics may show that although “vehicle v. train collisions” have decreased in the last few years, “pedestrian v. train collisions” have increased
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ReplyDeleteYES! I had heard bits and pieces of information about those two separate accidents, and thought it was one accident. I didn't look at the news first...I checked here first :) Thanks for giving me the correct info
You are welcome. Glad to be of assistance.
ReplyDeleteWell, which train is hitting all these people every 115 minutes?
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