Danger Train: Collisions 96, 97, 98 Reported
Following the roadtrip to Gruene, I got buried at work all day yesterday well into the evening, and thus have neglected posting here and at blogHOUSTON.
Fortunately, both Anne Linehan and Tom Bazan alerted me to the latest Danger Train collisions:
MetroRail logged its third collision in four days Friday, making 29 this year and 96 since fall 2003, when testing of the rail line began.
Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman Ken Connaughton said a motorist heading west on Wichita ran a red light and struck a light rail train headed south on Fannin.
In the earlier incidents, Connaughton said, shortly after noon Wednesday a 37-year-old woman drove out of a private driveway on Fannin and collided with a southbound train. He said the woman was cited for failure to yield right of way.
And at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, a car driven by a 48-year-old man collided with a train as the car turned left against a traffic light while both were headed south on Greenbriar. The motorist was ticketed for an illegal turn, Connaughton said.
The Wednesday accident was previously blogged here as Collision #96.
The additional two accidents makes 98 total collisions by my count (not 96 as reported by the Chronicle), but only 26 for the year (not 29 as reported by the Chronicle), with one death.
Since the local media do not regularly report these accidents and they are not reported on METRO's website, it's very easy for the numbers to get out of sync.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/23/05 10:46 | Danger Train | Technorati
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#100 should win some "prize."
Posted by callie @ 15:04 on 07/23/05
Having Chief Lambert show up and present the citation framed in a designer commorative frame would be a nice touch, I think.
Posted by Kevin @ 15:12 on 07/23/05
Sounds good to me. What's up with the Danger Train anyway? We have one of those here in Tampa, but thankfully it doesn't seem to get much attention. It only runs downtown anyway.
Posted by Nathan @ 19:28 on 07/23/05
Well then, Tampa can't possibly be world class. =)
I like the idea of a citation in a beautiful frame. It would be even more special if all the media outlets could be there, with Metro officials and CoH officals on hand as well. Oh, and Chron editors, including Gibbons and his wife.
Posted by Anne @ 06:58 on 07/24/05
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