7 dead after Metro-North train collides with car

NY Post ^ | 02/03/2015 | Rebecca Harshbarger, Kirstan Conley, Larry Celona

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ford Pinto?

[miss marmelstein]

Dear God. We had this just awhile ago!

[Gay State Conservative]

Yikes!

[JimSEA]

Having seen the pictures on Breaking News, I’m relieved it wasn’t much worse. Prayers for the injured and the families of the dead.

[God luvs America]

link??? this is near my house and i was diverted leaving the office for home (and i didn’t leave until 8:30)...got home and my wife told me...

[Oliviaforever]

Some idiot must have driven around the crossing gate.

[TBP]

Very sad story, and Westchester is my old stomping grounds. It’s where I grew up. I know the area in question.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Moslem suicide/homocide. First thing that comes to mind.

[Zeppo]

"The gates came down on top of the vehicle, which was stopped on the tracks," he said in a statement. "The driver got out to look at the rear of the car, then she got back in and drove forward and was stuck." Donovan said the force from the impact pushed the Cherokee about 10 train car lengths north of the crossing.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/

[Rodamala]

Great... expect the nanny state to ramp up more regulation demanding active fire protection on all passenger coaches. It's for the sake of the children.

[God luvs America]

pass by the Valhalla station every day going to work...its a really bad intersection/crossover by the train stop...lot of snow there today and cars slowing down...

[whatexit]

Authorities ruled out terrorism shortly before the collision took place.

[Alberta's Child]

That location looks like a disaster waiting to happen. The railroad crossing is right next to a traffic signal where the road intersects the Taconic State Parkway. I wonder if traffic stopped at the red light queues up across the railroad tracks.

[Zeppo]

It’s a very crowded, congested area with poorly laid-out roads. Quaint, actually.

I wonder whether the heavy snow from the two recent storms may have been a factor.

[Alberta's Child]

If this link works, it shows the street view at the location where the side road crosses the tracks right next to the Taconic Parkway ...

Click Here

[headstamp 2]

Wonder if the car or engine end of the train hit the vehicle. Looks like massive smoke inhalation with the fire.

[PAR35]

Thanks for the helpful link

[jmacusa]

No doubt. I’ve seen people do this right in front of me at RR crossings and I say to myself, “You f**king idiot, are you that f’ing stupid’’?

[PAR35]

“the car and the front end of the Metro-North train exploded almost immediately after impact.”

Reactive armor? A car packed with propane cylinders?

Takes a bit to blow up the front of a train.