[Magdalen] Train accident

[Marion Thompson]

Gosh, one way and another, life in the States is hazardous to one's health.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 1/31/2018 4:26 PM, Eleanor Braun wrote:
> Looks like around 2000 incidents per year (declining over time), resulting
> in 200+ deaths and ~1000 other injuries.
> https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L17342
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This happened to Keith in California a few years back, his one and only
>> trip to USA so far. Train hit a vehicle on a crossing, delayed many hours.
>>
>> Is it a common event?
>>
>> Sally D
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On 31 Jan 2018, at 21:19, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> A train carrying a GOP delegation from DC to a retreat collided with a
>> trash truck about ten mile outside of Charlottesville this morning, killing
>> the truck driver and seriously injuring two other people in the truck. One
>> person on the train was hospitalized, and a couple of others were treated
>> and released. My son-in-law said there were cops all over the train station
>> in Charlottesville when they brought the train in. I guess they’ll want to
>> make sure this wasn’t some kind of set-up...paranoia runs rampant these
>> days.
>>