Amtrak Train Slams Into Car at Private Rail Crossing in James City County, Virginia (VA), Killing Driver
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A 79-year-old woman attempting to drive across railroad tracks in James City County, Virginia (VA), lost her life on July 31, 2010, when an Amtrak passenger train slammed into her car and pushed it nearly one-quarter of a mile down the tracks. Reports in the Daily Press note that the fatal accident occurred at a grade crossing on private property and that no gates or warning lights marked the crossing . no definite warning that a train was rushing toward her . Neither state nor federal law requires trains to blow their whistles when passing through James City County. The photo to the left, taken by county police, shows the aftermath of the accident. Lower on this page, you can see the intersection of tracks and pavement leading onto a privately owned piece of land. With some 90,000 such private grade crossings in the United States , tragedies like the one this past weekend outside of Williamsburg are likely to recur with depressing frequency. Indeed, as a first step toward developing national guidelines or requirements for safely marking railroad track crossings and making it more difficult for cars, trucks and pedestrians to put themselves in the way of approaching trains, the Federal Railroad Administration determined that "there were still 2,746 collisions and 338 deaths at America's nearly 227,000 [public and private] grade crossings " in 2008. a car lost its rear bumper to a train a few weeks earlier, and several other minor accidents have occurred . installing automatic gates and flashing lights, instituting company rules about sounding whistles near intersections or putting some other measures in place, the important message to take from last weekend's deadly accident is that such efforts must be made.
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The photo to the left, taken by county police, shows the aftermath of the accident. Lower on this page, you can see the intersection of tracks and pavement leading onto a privately owned piece of land. With some 90,000 such private grade crossings in the United States, tragedies like the one this past weekend outside of Williamsburg are likely to recur with depressing frequency.
