[Magdalen] Train accident

[Scott Knitter]

Too common. We have too many train/vehicle and train/pedestrian fatal
accidents in the Chicago area. One reason is that it's such a railway hub
or crossroads, and we have not only intercity freight and passenger lines
converging here but also a commuter rail system (Metra) and a metro rapid
transit service (the 'L'), all of which cross roads at various points where
there's vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Another reason is impatience on
the part of drivers and pedestrians who think they can beat the train or
who are distracted by their phone and not paying attention. And then there
are those who despair of life and decide a train will make quick work of
their desired end. All of it adds up to frequent headlines; every few days
(or so it seems), there's a headline about a train hitting someone or
something.

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 3:07 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.
>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA