This happened earlier this week in Hammond Indiana. The woman came up to a road with a train blocking it. She cut into a parking lot, raced across to get ahead of the train, and cut in front of the eastbound train. She apparently never saw the westbound train, and it hit her minivan, throwing it into the eastbound train, putting the minivan in between the two locomotives. Two of the 4 children in the car were ejected and killed, two others survived, as did the mother, though all are hospitalized.
First time I have ever posted video, but the second link should be the surveillance camera footage of her racing the train and getting hit.
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/09/08/news/top_news/doc4dc67bae9d709b668625735000096746.txt
http://nwitimes.videos.vmixcore.com/p/video?id=1504769
Not A Trucking Accident, But Worth Taking A Look At..
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by Burky, Sep 8, 2007.
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STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! Further proof that breeding should NOT be allowed in certain families!!!
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oh she better get some long time for this
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who gave her a license, because she obviously doesn't know how to use her brain behind the wheel!
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Not only is this a sad thing to watch, it proves to me that the govt. should be looking more closely at who they allow to drive on the roads. Not worrying about the profesional drivers hours of service. When we have truckers routinely doing stupid things like this, THEN start looking into messing with them!
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As an update, the mother didn't make it. She died from injuries suffered in the crash.
http://www.nwi.com/articles/2007/09/11/updates/breaking_news/doc46e67cf3e54e6035116491.txt -
That video is just plain sad, and to think, two innocent children are dead because of that stupid #####. My prayers are with their families.
The saddest part is, by the time the dumb broad went that far out of her way (to get around the train she saw) the first train would probably be almost completely gone, and odds are (with the second train a little ways off) she could have gone through. Or even if she didn't get straight through, who's life isn't worth waiting ten minutes at a train crossing.
Too bad she's dead, she deserved to rot in jail, hopefully she's burning in Hades... -
Nice surveylince video....Boy she's fast.....I wish she made it though.....sucks...
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You know.....Most of you by now know that i am a JBHT Recruiter...well........
Recently (as in LAST FRIGGEN WEEK) we all get an Email about our new Proctor and Gamble acct openings......as it turns out, one of our new drivers decides he should try his hand at beating a hotshot Norfolk Southern INTERMODAL train (which just so happened to be loaded with JBHT trailers) to a Crossing, complete with Insurance Photos and all. Tractor's fine, Trailer and a FULL LOAD of hand lotion gone. Trailer split in two right behind the JB Hunt logo either side, Lotion everywhere, and the only damage caused to the locomotive was a spider-webbed windshield and some paint scratches......but hey, at least the nose of the locomotive will be nice and smooth, right?
In All seriousness though people, Take that extra minute to look out for a train. The railroads haven't spent millions of dollars installing fancy flashers and gates just for you people to continue to kill yourselves...
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