[Magdalen] another train wreck

[Ann Markle]

Perhaps you guys have read something that I haven't.  Everything I've heard
says they haven't determined why the car was on the tracks.  Do you have
additional information, or is this a rush to judgment?

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:03 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>
>  This is so sad.  A woman driving an suv tried to beat the gates at the RR
>> crossing, and the gate came down on her car, pinning it.  She got out to
>>
>
> No one who is familiar with crossing gates would ever say they could "pin"
> a
> car. They are built to be broken away in emergencies.
>
> Like most motorists and truckers and bus drivers involved in such
> "accidents"
> they probably shouldn't be on the road any more than a drunk driver.
>
>  see what was going on, and got back and tried to get her suv out, and then
>> the train hit her, killing her.
>>
>
> It would appear to be more the case of being more concerned about a
> scratch on her car
> than her own safety.
>
>