The Latest on the Train Casualties.
San Francisco is no stranger to trains and train accidents. Last week though, it was the Los Angeles rail system in the news for the crash which occurred around 4 AM in the city of Oxnard. The question of who was at fault is still floating around, and the manner in which the accident actually occurred has been greatly scrutinized.
First it was believed that the driver ran away in a panic and was arrested for a hit and run, and then they deemed that based on the position of the truck which had driven onto the tracks, he must have done it intentionally. The city was furious of course, yelling that the out of state driver was at fault, but then, in another turn of events it has been decided that the driver turned onto the tracks, mistaking them for the road, and when he got stuck he ran off to find help.
This third explanation of events sounds reasonable enough… for the 1950s.
Now the questions arise, “Why didn’t he call 911?”
“Why didn’t he have a cell phone?”
“How did he mistake the tracks for the road; was the driver impaired in some way?”
“If, as we know, there have been other fatal train accidents at this very intersection, how was it allowed to occur again?”
Now that one of the injured passengers of the train has succumbed to his injuries, there have been three people killed in train accidents at this intersection in two years. Yet nothing has been done to change the crossing. Why so often does it take multiple casualties before anything is done?
While we still wait to hear an official report from the transportation authority there is much speculation regarding both drivers and the authorities in charge of making sure these crossings are safe. Employees who ride the train every day largely have gone on as usual with the knowledge that it remains safer, statistically speaking, than driving your car.
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