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

[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.

[Larry Lucido]

Yeah, you need to uncross your arms when driving, just like you have to swing your arms while walking.

[BenLurkin]

That’s one way to put an end to theholiday blues. Will it work with a pickup truck?

[MD Expat in PA]

People also forget the “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” advice. :(

https://www.newsbreak.com/ephrata-pa/3270143303607-allen-ray-nolt-of-ephrata-was-trapped-by-conestoga-river

[SaxxonWoods]

Stupidity is a serious condition.

[xp38]

Yep I see potential there :)

[V_TWIN]

And he lived......somehow 🤔

[Mouton]

Well looks like the airbags worked. Guess Kia can cancel the recall.

[SaxxonWoods]

Wow, that was worth it just for the beautiful cars! That was back when you didn’t need to see the emblem to know what kind of car you were looking at.

[Disambiguator]

It’s hard to steer when your arms are crossed.

[faithhopecharity]

Darwin award

[wally_bert]

There is a MST3K version as well.

I’d never seen the film before seeing MST3K episodes.

[rey]

I thought that too. I thought maybe he was in one of those self driving cars.

[cyclotic]

When I was a kid, an old man at church was a retired train engineer. I asked him how many cars he hit and he told me that he lost count. Every single one was the fault of the car driver.

[drSteve78]

used to call it “The Law of Sizes”.

In Nature, Bigger always wins, except for fleas.

[MD Expat in PA]

In Nature, Bigger always wins, except for fleas.

And mosquitoes.

[Seruzawa]

That’s exactly what it says at first glance. Effing copy writers are semi-literates.

[Seruzawa]

Think of it as evolution in action.

[woodbutcher1963]

At least it wasn’t an EV. The battery would have exploded and caught the locomotive on fire.

[PAR35]

The insurance company is probably going to total that car - the air bags went off.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Play stupid games...

I feel very sorry for the person who was driving the train. They did not deserve this.