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Amtrak Accident - ngauger - 06-25-2011

Truck runs in to train at grade crossing in Reno Nevada

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5 confirmed dead now......

Re: Amtrak Accident - ezdays - 06-25-2011

Something else isn't it? The driver apparently ran through the gate. Here's another picture (linked to Fox News):
[Image: 062411_amtrakcrash.jpg]

Re: Amtrak Accident - Charlie B - 06-25-2011

I would like to know more about the truck driver. Lets hope this is only a suicide, not an act of terror. From the description of the accident it sounds like a deliberate act.
Charlie

Re: Amtrak Accident - ezdays - 06-25-2011

Charlie B Wrote:I would like to know more about the truck driver. Lets hope this is only a suicide, not an act of terror. From the description of the accident it sounds like a deliberate act.
Charlie
Could be, but maybe he was passed out, asleep or on drugs. All things to think about. But whatever the cause, he has taken four innocent lives and caused major injuries to many others, and anything other than a medical incident is despicable. :evil:

Re: Amtrak Accident - Russ Bellinis - 06-25-2011

I think falling asleep at the wheel is the most likely cause. It was a gravel truck. Interstate truck drivers are regulated as to how many hours they can drive or be on duty before they have to go off duty and rest. Local drivers like most gravel truck drivers have much less restrictive rules about how long they can drive without rest.

Re: Amtrak Accident - ezdays - 06-25-2011

We had a gravel truck plow into a bunch of motorcycles stopped for a red light on the Carefree Highway north of Phoenix about a year ago. His problem was drugs. He killed three riders and sent six more to the hospital. He, like this driver, didn't even slow down. How could one not see that there's a bunch of motorcycles stopped in front of you, or just as bad, a passenger train blocking the road?

Re: Amtrak Accident - Sumpter250 - 06-25-2011

If your insurance company is the same one that insured that truck and driver? --- maybe you'd be well off finding a new company, (their) rates are about to go sky high !!!

For the families of the dead, my deepest sorrow.
For the survivors, injured, or not, my prayers for full recovery.... physical, and/or emotional.
For Amtrak?, No, Virginia, there is no safe place.....only places that feel safer than others.