Quotulatiousness

March 18, 2015

Level crossings are dangerous … very dangerous

Filed under: Railways, USA — Nicholas @ 05:00

Liveleak has two separate video angles of a recent fatal accident at a grade crossing in the Louisville Kentucky area. The first one shows the accident itself:

Cell phone footage captures the moment a Toyota Camry ignores the warning signals and drives into the path of a freight train in Buechel, Kentucky on March 14, 2015. Two people on the passenger side of the car were killed instantly, while the driver and another passenger were critically injured. The Camry was pushed at least a mile down the track.

The second video shows just how long it can take for a loaded freight train to stop even after the brakes are thrown into full emergency stop mode:

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