You're facing a deadly dilemma of being stuck on railroad tracks. What do you do?

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You're facing a deadly dilemma of being stuck on railroad tracks. What do you do?

Kristi K. Higgins | The Progress-Index
Published 1:02 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2021 | Updated 10:32 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2021

You get stuck on railroad tracks. What do you do? ... The logical thing to do and what experts advise you to do is to immediately evacuate your vehicle.

Now what? ... Below you will find important tips on what to do next including which direction is the safest way to walk away from your vehicle to avoid dangerous glass and metal debris if there is not enough time to stop the train.

Last week, an Amtrak passenger train struck a car that was stuck on the railroad tracks at the Curtis Street railroad crossing in Chester.

More: Car stuck gets struck by passenger train, Driver's life flashes before her eyes

After reading our breaking news story online at progress-index.com about the incident, Virginia Operation Lifesaver [VAOL] State Coordinator Tracey Lamb reached out to share some vital information with our readers.

Important steps to follow if your vehicle stalls or hangs up on the tracks:

• Get out of the vehicle and get away from the tracks.
• Locate the Emergency Notification System [ENS] sign.
• Call the phone number provided on the sign and tell them about the stalled vehicle.
• If an ENS sign is missing or you can't locate one at the site, call 911.



The phone number on an Emergency Notification System [ENS] sign connects individuals with a railroad operator who can warn approaching trains of a stalled vehicle according to the crossing ID number on the sign. Contributed Image

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[Atticus]

1. Important to get AWAY from the tracks--i.e., move back from the tracks, not parallel

to them.

In a long ago tragedy in my small home town, a woman who panicked and ran quite a distance from her stuck car but parallel to the rails was killed when the impact of the collision ripped off the open driver's door, launched it ahead of the train and struck her.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Isn't it more likely to be hit by lightning than get your vehicle STUCK

on the railroad tracks?

[elleng]

4. Depends on the vehicle;

I just donated my '83 Toyo wagon, due to it's unreliability.