By William G. Jungbauer | Published December 16, 2013 | Posted in Train Accidents | Tagged Tags: fatal accident, Motorcycle-Train Collision, train accident victims | Leave a comment
Blinded by the Light: Couple Narrowly Misses Motorcycle-Train Collision
A Fort Wayne, Indiana couple’s late afternoon ride on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle ended abruptly when the driver skidded to a stop at a nearby railroad crossing. The crossing’s arms were down and the crimson lights flashed to no avail. Blinded by the setting sun, the motorcycle driver never saw these signs until it was too Read More
Read MoreWhen Train Accidents Occur, Are Helping Hands Hard to Find?
For most people, helping the homeless means making a financial donation or volunteering at a food bank for those less fortunate than themselves. A San Francisco–area man recently seized an opportunity to literally lend a helping hand. When the man approached a rail crossing in his car on a Monday-midmorning jaunt in his car to Read More
Read MoreUtah Woman Fought the Law and the Train Won
Utah police in hot pursuit of a 29-year-old female suspect chased her right into two oncoming trains. The woman’s barely recognizable Mercedes remained at scene of the accident for hours, jammed underneath a locomotive and bearing witness to the damage a train can do when it collides with an automobile. While the assailant managed to Read More
Read MoreTrain Accident Victims Charged with Trespassing on Railroad Property
A Kansas man who serves in the U.S. Army is one of the nation’s most recent train accident victims. The 25-year-old private was walking along railroad tracks in Topeka, listening to his headphones, when train crew members spotted him. Blasts of the train’s horn apparently went unnoticed and despite hitting the emergency brakes, the train Read More
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