15 February 2009
Mixing trains and cars is fun!
Woman injured when Light Rail train hits pickup (Nathan Gonzalez, Arizona Republic)
One passenger was slightly injured when a Metro Light Rail train slammed into a pickup Sunday morning.
The 2003 Chevrolet pickup was traveling eastbound on Van Buren Avenue at Central Avenue about 7:15 a.m., when it failed to stop at a red traffic light, said Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson.
The train was unable to stop as it traveled northbound and collided with the passenger side of the pickup, which was carrying four people, including the 29-year-old male driver, a woman and two young children.
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Five passengers aboard the Light Rail were not injured. The collision halted service of the train for about 45 minutes.
Wow, it's not just Houston's bad drivers who have trouble with trains. Bad drivers are in other places too!
Nicely done, Phoenix. Keep up the good work!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/15/09 22:21 | Danger Train | Technorati |
10 March 2008
Idiot driver taunts Danger Train
Here's a fun photo I snapped earlier with my cameraphone:
I'm in the Jeep, headed east on Elgin at Main.
The pickup driver is making an illegal left turn headed southbound on Main. He is sitting on TWO Danger Train tracks as he waits for traffic to clear (in the rain) so that he can make his illegal turn.
Sadly, the Danger Train was nowhere to be found. I was all set to document the collision!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/10/08 20:19 | Danger Train | Technorati |
08 February 2008
Danger Train hits, drags cyclist
A bicyclist rode into the Danger Train today, and was dragged 50 feet.
I don't think this sort of thing happens nearly so often in cities that segregate their rail lines from busy streets.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/08/08 22:41 | Danger Train | Technorati |
28 January 2008
Danger Train takes out Med Center driver
Metro train hits car making illegal turn onto Fannin (Houston Chronicle)
Police are investigating an accident at the Texas Medical Center today involving a Metropolitan Transit Authority light rail train, officials said.
According to preliminary information, the light rail train struck the car about 12:20 p.m. after the driver made an illegal left turn from John Freeman onto Fannin, authorities said.
There were no reported injuries, Metro officials said.
Drivers still haven't learned to watch out for the Danger Train!
It is going to be fun when drivers start running into the thing along the much busier Westpark Richmond line.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/28/08 19:35 | Danger Train | Technorati |
18 October 2007
Danger!
Teen Stabbed With Screwdriver On Train (KPRC-2 News)
A man with a screwdriver stabbed a teenager on a light-rail train Wednesday afternoon in downtown Houston, officials told KPRC Local 2.
METRO police said a 30-year-old man stabbed the teen just before 4 p.m. as the teen went to exit the train at the Ensemble METRO light-rail station on Main Street at Holman.
Why a screwdriver?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/18/07 21:02 | Danger Train | Technorati |
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