"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.
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.
14 posted on 02/03/2015 6:51:30 PM PST by Alberta's Child
("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")