That would be the Amtrak Southwest Chief #4 headed from LA to Chicago.
Stupid people, especially those allowed to drive, are a big hazard.
Live cam at La Playta, Mo which would have been next stop.
Passenger train derails after hitting dump truck
Passenger train derails after hitting dump truck
Passenger train derails near Kansas City, Missouri, after hitting dump truck
That would be the Amtrak Southwest Chief #4 headed from LA to Chicago.
Stupid people, especially those allowed to drive, are a big hazard.
Live cam at La Playta, Mo which would have been next stop.
That would be the Amtrak Southwest Chief #4 headed from LA to Chicago.
Stupid people, especially those allowed to drive, are a big hazard.
Live cam at La Playta, Mo which would have been next stop.
Re: Passenger train derails after hitting dump truck
Brentwood, California, on Sunday, June 26
An Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others on Sunday, according to officials.
All five victims were in the vehicle and were attending an event near the train route, said East Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Marshal Steve Aubert. The two people injured, an adult and a child, were airlifted to local hospitals and sustained major injuries, he said.
Aerial video of the scene from CNN affiliate KPIX shows a crumpled silver vehicle at rest near the train tracks. The crash occurred at a crossing with a stop sign on each side of the road but no gate arms that would warn of an oncoming train, the video shows.
An Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others on Sunday, according to officials.
All five victims were in the vehicle and were attending an event near the train route, said East Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Marshal Steve Aubert. The two people injured, an adult and a child, were airlifted to local hospitals and sustained major injuries, he said.
Aerial video of the scene from CNN affiliate KPIX shows a crumpled silver vehicle at rest near the train tracks. The crash occurred at a crossing with a stop sign on each side of the road but no gate arms that would warn of an oncoming train, the video shows.
RR track, check for train. We have a town out here that doesn't let trains sound the horn at crossings. Grand idea.
Re: Passenger train derails after hitting dump truck
Perfect. Bet they want to sue Amtrak. Maybe it is time to shut Amtrak down and let people drive across the country.
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The widow of a man killed when the truck he was driving was hit by an Amtrak train this week has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. In the suit, Erin Barton alleges that the Missouri railroad crossing where Billy Dean Barton II died was "ultra-hazardous," due in part to the defendants' failures to maintain the intersection.
The first of two defendants is Mariano Rodriguez, a manager in the BNSF Railway's engineering department. Rodriguez is in charge of ensuring "the safety, proper inspection and maintenance" of railroad crossings like the one near Mendon, the suit says.
To stupid to check before crossing track? Blame the train.The first of two defendants is Mariano Rodriguez, a manager in the BNSF Railway's engineering department. Rodriguez is in charge of ensuring "the safety, proper inspection and maintenance" of railroad crossings like the one near Mendon, the suit says.
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Truck driver on cell phone causes crash. Who would have thought.