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People are also reading… A person can beat a train on a steam roller if they can see it coming. So where were the box cars parked illegally close to the crossing or the second train in the area ...
As a result of this operation, LPD officers issued 18 citations. “Railroad safety is everyone’s responsibility. Obey all ...
ELM GROVE, Wis. - Elm Grove police say the driver of a truck and trailer failed to stop at a railroad crossing on Watertown Plank Road when a train was approaching on Thursday morning, Sept. 19.
Marin Lacson, a student at Barrington High School, was walking to school on Jan. 25, 2024, when she was hit by a Metra train at the crossing on Main Street.
Safety improvements are being considered for a Penn Township railroad crossing where trucks collided with Norfolk Southern ...
Railroad crossing gates are there to warn motorists, cyclists and pedestrians that a train is approaching. Never go around those gates when they’re down and the accompanying lights are flashing.
A West Chester Twp. rail crossing that was the site of a fatal train/SUV collision Aug. 23 has had a history of its crossing gates being down without an oncoming train and motorists going around ...
MANORVILLE, N.Y. (PIX11) – A taxi drove around railroad crossing gates right before it was hit by a train on Tuesday on Long Island, according to MTA police. It happened around 12:45 p.m. in ...
On April 9, a commuter rail train hit a tractor-trailer at the same Canton railroad crossing as the Feb. 27 collision after the vehicle stopped on the tracks between the two protective gates.
A car drives over a railroad crossing on Woodford Street in Portland. The gates meant to protect drivers from colliding with oncoming trains have been malfunctioning and getting stuck in recent ...
Long waits in communities throughout Metro Detroit have prompted calls for new laws targeting railroads, but they have been ...
WATERVILLE (WGME) -- A woman was not hurt after the car she was in broke through railroad crossing gates and hit a train in Waterville on Monday.