Four die when driver loses race with train

[Oeditpus Rex]

LAKELAND - From the Iron Horse garage where she works, Sanquinitta Johnson could see the lights flashing at the rail crossing on the other side of Olive Street. She heard the bells ringing and watched the safety gates come down.

And she saw the red sedan risk it.

http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBBC5ET74F.html



STUpid. STUpid. STUpid. :banghead:

[MissHoneychurch]

1. That is really stupid *warning graphic picture*

worse is when there is a ghostdriver wanting to kill himself by driving high speed on the Autobahn on the wrong side and takes 4 other innocent people with him into death.

[marzipanni]

2. We have two R/R crossings several blocks from our house

Last year I was driving to the grocery store and the driver ahead of me did something very weird. As we approached one of the the crossings the warning bells started clanging. I slowed down to stop, but the driver of the car in front of me just zipped ahead as the gate started to come down, made a sharp right turn, and "parked" parallel to the tracks and so close to them I was afraid I was going to witness a disaster. My heart was pounding as the Amtrak train zoomed closer, and I cringed as it flashed by, I'd guess not more than 3 feet from the car. The engineer must have wondered what the hell that person was doing, I sure did!