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
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"Five passengers aboard the Light Rail were not injured."
I wonder if Phoenix has LRT apologists who would classify this as "full"?
And, if not, can we loan them some of ours?
Posted by Cory @ 08:10 on 02/16/09
The blogger of Coyote Blog, which is Phoenix based, had quite a bit on the light rail system including his bet "that for the capital cost of constructing these systems, I could purchase every regular rider a Prius, and with the annual operating deficit each year could purchase gas for all these Prius’s for a full year. "
http://www.coyoteblog.com/c...
Posted by Tom Hanna @ 15:09 on 02/16/09
The Marxist indoctrination has been succesful in turning a once intelligent culture into an ignorant one.
Here we have Four people in a pick-up truck which was demolished by a $3 million, 98,000 pound, now proven unsafe, as well as unreliable mode in the transit system, which was carrying a mere Five uninjured passengers.
Had any tram riders paid to ride?
Posted by Royko @ 18:43 on 02/16/09
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