A man in Oswasso, Oklahoma is blaming faulty railroad lights and gates for him slamming into a train on Feb. 1, causing himself minor injuries and serious damage to his car. Witnesses say that they were not surprised that the lights were allegedly not working and gates not functioning. Some say that it is a frequent occurence when trains roar […]
Owasso, OK Man Blames Railroad Crossing Crash on Malfunction
58 Year Old Woman Seriously Hurt in RR Crossing Crash
A 58 year old woman was seriously injured on Dec. 9 at 8 am when her Pontiac SUV was struck by a commuter train heading towards Boston, Massachusetts. The serious railroad crossing crash happened in Belmont, MA. The Massachusetts State Police stated that there were three children in the SUV as well. The six year old was still in the […]
Woman Severely Injured in Railroad Crossing Accident
A woman in Greenbrier, Tennessee was airlifted to a local hospital on November 2 when her car was hit by a train at a local railroad crossing. The accident happened at 5 am on November 2 in Greenbriar at the Wilson St. crossing. According to the local chief of police, the woman was in critical condition with serious railroad crossing […]
Railroad Crossings Caused 90 Accidents in Alabama in 2015
When a 30 car train hits a car, the vehicles hit each other with the same amount of force as a car smashing an aluminum can. It is that type of force that leads to more than 2000 accidents with many injuries and deaths at railroad crossings around the country each year. Ninety of those were in Alabama in 2015, […]
Flashing Lights Never Installed At PA at Deadly RR Crossing
A Halifax PA railroad crossing where a woman was killed in a train accident on Labor Day is only marked by faded crossbuck signs. The community is asking if there should have been flashing lights and additional warnings installed at the deadly railroad crossing. The woman, Trisha Hoffman, 29, died instantly on Sept. 5 when her car was hit near […]
Kentucky RR Crossing Has Major Safety Issues
Changes have not yet been made to a railroad crossing in Oakland KY that saw a local man lose his life in a train-car accident in early August 2016. And State Rep. Michael Meredith has taken notice. Meredith stated recently that the crossing makes it too easy for a train to sneak up on the driver. He noted that you […]
Ohio Man Dies in Railroad Crossing Accident
A 70 year old man in West Chester Township OH near Cincinnati died on Aug. 24 in a rail road crossing accident. The driver was crossing the railroad track when his SUV was struck at high speed by a train. There were witness reports that stated that the crossing gates may not have come down in time. West Chester Township […]
Indiana Truck Driver Injured At Railroad Crossing
A Pike County, Indiana truck driver suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries when his tractor trailer was hit by a train at a railroad crossing near Winslow IN. The truck driver was driving southbound on SR 61 in a truck owned by C&M Giant Tire when a Norfolk Southern train struck the truck at the crossing. The railroad crossing has warning […]
New York State Assembly Passes Legislation to Increase Railroad Safety
An agreement was reached in early July in the New York State Assembly that would improve railroad safety throughout the state. The new legislation will establish state coordination of inspections by railroads and local officials of grade crossing warning systems that are connected with traffic lights. The new regulations also will align state law with federal railroad bridge inspection standards […]
North Carolina Pastor Dies in Railroad Crossing Accident
A pastor from Gaston County, North Carolina is dead after the waste management truck he was driving was hit by a Piedmont and Northern Railroad train near Lowell NC last Monday. According to the local police department. the driver of the truck was Thomas Collins, who was the pastor of New Canaan Baptist Church. He also drove part time for the […]