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At about 4:50 p.m. yesterday in Redwood City, a southbound train collided with a Honda near Whipple Avenue and El Camino Real. KTVU reports, "the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the San Mateo County coroner's office." The train was traveling "approximately 60 mph," so it couldn't stop. The name of the driver has yet to be revealed. No word as to whether or not it was a suicide hit.
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No, it was an accident. The fellow had pulled over for a fire truck and happened to be on the tracks (a shame, because he was doing the right thing... just in the wrong place.)
Wow. That's rough. I have to say I'm kind of impressed that Caltrain doesn't derail killing hundreds every time it evaporates another Honda Civic.
That's not quite right... he didn't "pull over for a fire truck". According to the article, the fire truck was on the street he was approaching, El Camino, headed right to left from his perspective. The traffic in front of him had backed up to where he was on Whipple. Seeing this, he should have stopped clear of the tracks, but did not, and he ended up trapped on the tracks when the gates came down.
Don't stop on the tracks.
Don't stop on the tracks.
Don't stop on the tracks.
Don't stop on the tracks.
Don't stop on the tracks.
Don't stop on the tracks.
How hard is this to understand???
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I knew this guy. In fact, my boss has worked with him for 20 years now. Yeah, he shouldn't've stopped on the tracks, but you know, weird stuff happens all the time.
The tracks are supposed to clear in advance of the gates coming down. Probably with the fire truck coming along, traffic in front of him stopped to let the truck go, causing what would've been his "green" light (and thus clearing the tracks) to stop moving.
I feel bad for his family and CalTrain engineer. The poor guy was to retire in just a few months.