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A 45-year-old man in New Kent County, VA was hit and killed by a train at a railroad grade crossing while picking up his kids from vacation bible camp. Residents in the area say the grade crossing where he died doesn’t have proper warning signals needed to prevent accidents like this. Residents say it has […]
A 21-year-old man died from his injuries at Louisville hospital after his car was hit by a train in a grade crossing accident. His car was hit on the driver’s side by the oncoming train causing it to roll and for him to be ejected. He was initially airlifted to a Louisville hospital for treatment
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A 23-year-old man was seriously injured in Bates City, MO while attempting to drive his vehicle across a railroad grade crossing. He was transported by ambulance to Centerpoint Hospital in Independence for treatment, no update on his status has been provided. This accident caught our attention due to the possibility of a lack of warning
A Waterloo man is suing Union Pacific railroad after approaching a double-track railroad crossing while one train was traveling north and the other south. He stopped for the first train but didn’t see the second one according to his father. The lawsuit states some specifics about the railroad grade crossing that could have made this
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The state has ordered automated signals at a railroad crossing south of Janesville. The Office of the Commissioner of Railroads issued the order Friday, Feb. 5, more than two years after a state inspector investigated the crossing and recommended the upgrade, according to the order. The order states: The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad line crosses
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