MEC&F Expert Engineers : ANOTHER DRIVER TRIES TO BEAT THE TRAIN AND DIES IN ILLINOIS: POLICE: DRIVER IN FATAL DODGE TRUCK-TRAIN CRASH IN PIERRON WENT AROUND GATES

Thursday, March 26, 2015

ANOTHER DRIVER TRIES TO BEAT THE TRAIN AND DIES IN ILLINOIS: POLICE: DRIVER IN FATAL DODGE TRUCK-TRAIN CRASH IN PIERRON WENT AROUND GATES









MARCH 26, 2015

PIERRON, ILLINOIS

Police say the driver of a Dodge truck went around gates at a railroad crossing in Pierron and was killed when a CSX train hit his vehicle Thursday.

The southbound CSX train collided with the truck at the point where the tracks cross Route 143 in Pierron, a small town on the border between Madison and Bond counties.

“Preliminary investigative details indicate the driver of the Dodge truck was traveling westbound on Illinois Route 143 at Railroad Crossing Road toward Highland,” said Illinois State Police Trooper Calvin Dye. “The gates were down, and the railroad crossbuck flashing lights were activated. The driver drove around the lower gates and entered the railroad right-of-way.”

The identity of the driver of the truck was not immediately released.

Rescue crews and officers from Illinois State Police, Highland Fire Department, CSX Railroad Police, Highland-Pierron Fire District and others were present at the scene.

Source:bnd.com

What is wrong with these drivers?  Can they wait few minutes for the train to go by?  I guess they thought that it was a long train and they did not want to wait an hour or half an hour.  

As we always say: it is better to arrive late at your current destination, than to arrive early at your final destination.   He chose the second option.  Too bad. RIP buddy.