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Man in serious condition after driving around crossing arms, colliding with train in Northwest Jacksonville
news4jax.com ^ | December 20, 2023 at 8:03 AM | Brianna Andrews

Posted on 12/20/2023 9:06:29 AM PST by V_TWIN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday morning after colliding with an Amtrak train in the Dinsmore area of Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Police said the Amtrak train was traveling south on the tracks along Moncrief Dinsmore Road when the driver of a Kia that was headed east on Dunn Avenue drove around the rail crossing arms and onto the track.

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That'll buff right out
1 posted on 12/20/2023 9:06:29 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Red Badger

PING!


2 posted on 12/20/2023 9:06:53 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Know it well............


3 posted on 12/20/2023 9:07:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Only one thing I can think of....... DUH!
4 posted on 12/20/2023 9:08:07 AM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: V_TWIN

Woah. All kinds of *smart* doing that.


5 posted on 12/20/2023 9:08:33 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: V_TWIN

Why do people do such stupid stuff?..................

6 posted on 12/20/2023 9:08:46 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

7 posted on 12/20/2023 9:10:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: V_TWIN
Oh. From the title, I thought Moncref was driving around with his arms crossed.


8 posted on 12/20/2023 9:10:16 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Red Badger

There’s not a lot of ivy leaguers around Moncrief 😁


9 posted on 12/20/2023 9:11:01 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Darwin Effect usually prevents this sort of incident over time.


10 posted on 12/20/2023 9:11:28 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: dfwgator

Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry......................


11 posted on 12/20/2023 9:11:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: FamiliarFace

I’ve seen beer cans that have gone through a wood chipper in better shape than that car


12 posted on 12/20/2023 9:13:35 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

The train always wins.


13 posted on 12/20/2023 9:14:04 AM PST by bgill
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A classmate of mine in HS was killed in a traffic accident on that road, aged 16, back in 1971................


14 posted on 12/20/2023 9:14:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: V_TWIN

Idiot……

You don’t play chicken with trains.

His entitlement mentality probably told him the train would stop for him.


15 posted on 12/20/2023 9:14:33 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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Floriduh man.


16 posted on 12/20/2023 9:18:38 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Soros on assisting the Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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To: moovova

That was my first thought too. I didn’t want to admit it, and and I knew that didn’t make any sense, so what could it mean?.....”Oh!”

“Crossed Arms”, meaning the log wooden road blocks, that come down when the red lights begin to flash, when train comes in, the one’s we must obey.

Duh!


17 posted on 12/20/2023 9:18:57 AM PST by lee martell
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The train always wins.

A friend of mine used to call it "The Law of Sizes".

18 posted on 12/20/2023 9:19:02 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Red Badger

https://youtu.be/7e7OrlBVojE?si=66immvpfdOVDKa8g

William Boyette on railroad safety.

Dated but still watchable.


19 posted on 12/20/2023 9:19:42 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: V_TWIN

20 posted on 12/20/2023 9:22:18 AM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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