Welcome To Houston
Mayor Bill White tells us Houstonians to smile at our guests who are in town for the Super Bowl.
But why not introduce them to our city in a more appropriate fashion?
That's right -- let's have a rail crash!
WHOOSH indeed!It's happened again. Another light rail train has slammed into a car. Again the driver of the car was at fault. However for the first time, a passenger on the train was also hurt.
The METRO light rail car was coming southbound on Fannin when it approached the intersection at Southmore. A car was turning left right into the path of the train. A left turn from Fannin onto Southmore is legal, but not when a train is coming. When that happens, a warning light comes on telling drivers not to turn.
"The rail collided with her and dragged her and pushed her and pulled her all the way to here," recalled witness Anna Marie Foisey.
Foisey watched as the METRO light rail train #104 slammed into a car turning left into the path of the train.
Foisey said, "Clearly, she wasn't seeing it, and she made a left turn. The light was green, and the warnings are there, but it's coming up on you so fast. And then it just dragged her. You know, I think she's just glad to be alive."
Another witness, Nicholas Mitchell, exclaimed, "I'm lucky to be alive!"
Mitchell was working just ten feet from the collision.
"It sounded like thunder crashing. WHOOSH! The crash impact was unbelievable," he said.
Mitchell ran away from the flying debris and was not hurt. But the driver of the car was taken to a hospital, as was a passenger in the METRO rail car. Both are said to have minor injuries
Welcome to Houston, Super Bowl visitors!
More coverage here, here, and here.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/26/04 18:49 | Danger Train | Technorati
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