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Train Wreck
2021-10-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Heart-stopping moment Amtrak train slams into semi-truck car hauler at Oklahoma railroad crossing - sending cars flying and leaving five people injured

  • On Friday Amtrak Train 822 was passing by Thackerville when it slammed into a car hauler tractor trailer that got stuck on the track

  • Officials said the tracks the tractor trailer got stuck on were built up higher at that crossing and the weight of all the cars on the trailer held the vehicle down

  • Footage captured the Amtrak train honking it's horns before it slams at full speed into the truck sending cars and debris flying into the air

  • Miraculously, the driver of the tractor trailer and his dog were not injured, just 'shaken up' following the collision

  • According to the Love County Fire Department, five passengers from the train were treated at local hospitals for non-critical injuries
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Thought this was going to about a different ongoing trainwreck.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-10-17 18:26  

#4  I'm sorry. I just had click the link and watch the Train Wreck.

Took a break from watching the Biden Train Wreck...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-10-17 11:37  

#3  I would add the problem goes back at least 50 years.

Posted by: Bobby   2021-10-17 11:29  

#2  The problem here is that the crossing and immediate entry area are property and responsibility of the railroad, while the road approach is maintained by the local street authority. That's why you have all of these 'hump backed' railroad crossings.
Meanwhile, trailer manufacturers have lowered the bed of most trailers to lower the center of gravity, increase the payload, and increase aerodynamics. It's always somebody else's problem.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-10-17 11:12  

#1  We had this also happen in Locust Grove GA. in 2017.

From what I see as a common issue is the RR XX being totally unsuitable for Semi's with trailers. Such crossing should be closed, or at the least repaired and properly angled ramps put in place?.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-10-17 09:25  

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