Danger Train: Collision #71
The Danger Train suffered collision #71 last week:
MetroRail was ready to set a new safety record Wednesday. But before morning rush could come to a close, another car ran into a train.
Last week's crash marked the second time in a row the Metropolitan Transit Authority tallied 26 days without a train being struck by a vehicle or pedestrian.
The latest incident occurred about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when a car driven by a 19-year-old Houston man hit a southbound train at Main and Jefferson downtown while attempting to make a left turn.
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This was the 62nd train collision reported by Metro this year involving an injury or at least $1,000 in property damage.
The Comical goes to absurd lengths to avoid reporting the documented number of times the Danger Train has collided with a person, wheelchair, or vehicle, which is actually 71 at this point.
It's unclear why the newspaper waited nearly a week to report the latest collision.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/20/04 20:09 | Danger Train | Technorati
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According to Lucas Wall's last reporting of a Danger Train incident, we needed one more crash this year to lead the nation in light rail wrecks. That was with THEIR numbering system. Does this crash make it official?
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA...
Posted by callie @ 07:51 on 12/21/04
And I didn't see it mentioned on any of the local tv station sites, either. Usually at least one of them covers a Danger Train crash story. Weird.
Posted by Anne @ 20:21 on 12/21/04
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