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elleng

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3. Vehicle couldn't be stopped in time

Reply to LisaL (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 11:13 PM

Nov 2012

to respond to signals which, I assume, were seen and heard. If not seen and heard, driver concentrating on vehicle it was following than on safety signals.

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Officials: Vets' float crossed track after signals [View all] pinboy3niner Nov 2012 OP

Had to be something like that. Sounds like float not well controlled. elleng Nov 2012 #1

Float was on a bed of a truck. LisaL Nov 2012 #2

Vehicle couldn't be stopped in time elleng Nov 2012 #3

What I don't get is why the flatbed truck didn't just plow through 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #4

'The first was exiting the tracks elleng Nov 2012 #5

Yes I saw that 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #6

Tragic accident... mike dub Nov 2012 #7

I don't understand what you mean. The gates didn't stop the large truck. LisaL Nov 2012 #8

hmm, true dat 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #9

Well, if the bar came down behind the cab AtheistCrusader Nov 2012 #10

NTSB investigators have video from the train's camera and a police vehicle pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #11

Trains are not supposed to be going 60 mph through town. Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #12

Vehicles aren't supposed to be on the tracks. People hate TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #16

I agree people do stupid things, but a train has no business going through a residential area Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #17

It wasn't a residential area, it was an industrial area at the edge of town. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #18

"... At 20 seconds, the crossing's warning lights began to flash and the bells sounded. At the same struggle4progress Nov 2012 #13

Did the driver of the float survive the crash? LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #14

Yes, but NTSB has not yet interviewed the driver. nt pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #15

This incident was reported in "Latest Breaking News" on 11-16-2012 happyslug Nov 2012 #19