Breaking in Houston: Prison bus collides with MetroRail train downtown.

Houston Chronicle ^

[Cboldt]

"Breaking" indeed. It's broken, Jim.

[Flyer]

Here ya go. . .

http://www.actionamerica.org/houston/

[Hollywoodghost]

Lets hope they were carring Death Row inmates--save the State of Texas a bunch of money.

[hummingbird]

Deal!

[hummingbird]

Man, you're fast...guess that's why they call you 'Flyer!'

[Dog Gone]

A Tarrant County prison

Tarrant County is Ft. Worth. What in the world were they doing with prisoners here in downtown Houston?

[Onelifetogive]

don't be tacky.

Too late....

[Jalapeno]

Channel 11

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou040820_jt_metroax.96d93338.html

Prisoner van struck by Metro light rail train

12:32 PM CDT on Friday, August 20, 2004

From 11 News Staff Reports

A Tarrant County Sheriff's prisoner van was struck by a Metro light rail train before noon Thursday near Main and Congress.

KHOU-TV

A Tarrant County Sheriff's van was struck by a Metro light rail train Friday.

Initial reports indicate five people suffered injuries in the crash. The injured include the driver of the van and four prisoners. Their condition was not immediately known.

Emergency medical and fire deparment personnel were called to the scene.

The Metro train was not seriously damaged, but the sheriff's van was towed from the scene.

[brownsfan]

There is no way I would ride the train in Houston. This is like the third or fourth wreck in the last six weeks!

Seems to me, if I were to choose being on the train, or it's opponent, I'm taking the train!

[Jalapeno]

Channel 2 comes in last

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3669642/detail.html

5 Injured In METRORail Accident

METRORail Logs 56th Accident

UPDATED: 12:31 pm CDT August 20, 2004

HOUSTON -- Five people were injured Friday in a METRORail accident in downtown Houston, officials told Local 2.

Investigators said the accident involved a light-rail train and a Tarrant County Sheriff's Department van.

The vehicles collided at the intersection of Main and Commerce at 11:35 a.m.

Five people in the van, including three inmates and two sheriff's deputies, were taken to an area hospital with minor injuries. Two passengers in the train were treated at the scene for minor pain.

It's METRORail's 56th accident since it began operating late last year.

[Dog Gone]

Action America's site lists 57 accidents, the latest being yesterday. So we're at 58 that we know about.

The Chronicle only sporadically reports them now for obvious reasons.

[Xenalyte]

See? So many, we all lose track!

[bondjamesbond]

Look at this picture. The ambulances are white with a red stripe and blinking lights. The fire truck is red with white and chrome with blinking lights. Now look at the train. All muted grey tones against an urban backdrop. No wonder people keep running into the thing. They just don't see it!

Why don't they paint the darn thing orange and put a big blinking light on the top. The accidents will go down 90% overnight. And that remaining 10% is doing the rest of us a service by removing themselves from the gene pool.

[annyokie]

Really? Thank God for private transportation.

[wardaddy]

around 6 years or so ago here in Nashville a Federal Prison Contractor who carries Fed prisoners around the country for the Bureau of Prisons had one of their vans catch on fire in the engine on I-40 west of here.

The hacks barely got the van off the road and jumped out and left the keys to the outside door locks inside and could not get the back open.

Eight prisoners...all of whom were non-violent drug offenders doing short time were burned alive.

I'd keep wolf tickets like your's to myself.

and you dishonor your username btw.

[FreePaul]

Was this thing built for the purpose of hitting other vehicles?

Well, the proponents did say that it would remove automobiles from the street. In that sense it has been very successful. Is this number fifty-six or fifty-seven?

[Dog Gone]

Metrorail doesn't count accidents that they believe are intentional.

[Solson]

[CindyDawg]

lol. (I hope all are ok)

[annyokie]

Thanks!