On the way to work this morning I noticed that the train was stopped across a couple of the side streets in Argyle. As I approached the intersection of 407 and 377 I noticed a lot of police and fire activity. A large commercial lime carrier (18-wheeler) had been hit by the train and dragged about 100 feet south of the intersection. Fortunately, from the condition of the cab, it looked like the driver got out.
I'm still amazed that people will risk their lives to get ahead of a train. In any contest with a train, the train always wins. Unless his truck stalled on the tracks, the truck driver had to have known that the train was coming. This intersection has warning signals with automatic arms.
Update: It appears that the driver wasn't negligent. He just couldn't make it across the tracks because of the slick (and oil-covered) pavement. That must have sucked--to be sitting there knowing that the train is coming and you can't get across (although I guess you could fault him for not backing up, since gravity should have carried him back down the hill to 377).
Posted by Aubrey at June 5, 2003 09:46 AM | TrackBack