Posted on 12/18/2024 9:52:12 PM PST by FRinCanada2
USA: One person was killed and four were injured after a freight train hit a truck standing on the tracks in the city of Pecos, Texas. As a result of the impact, the train derailed and hit buildings.
In the midst of the play by play action in Syria and Yemen How interesting that Amir takes a pause to report the train derailment in Pecos, Texas
Where’s booteeplug? En route? HazMat?
Don’t challenge a train on right of way intersections.
Intersectionality has bad outcomes on occasion.
YMMV
Lino said that “three cars” had hazardous material in them. However, everything is contained.
“There has been no release from [the hazardous material from the cars],” Lino told NewsWest 9. “The only release if anything was some diesel from the engine and that has been contained also.”
One person, who was seriously injured, has been taken to a hospital in Odessa for treatment. Three were treated on scene and taken to Reeves Regional Health, according to Lino.
Traffic Information from Reeves County:
• Southbound Traffic on Highway 285 is being diverted to F Street and County Road 1216.
• Northbound Traffic on Highway 285 will experience closures on 3rd and 4th Streets.
According to NewsWest 9 on scene Wednesday night, the derailment area is blocked off.
The Texas Department of Public Safety and Union Pacific was on site investigating. The Pecos Police Department is the lead agency on the derailment.
Check back for updates
Physics, that sublime science that says F=M*V. A stationary truck on the track looses on all letters. You must respect your letters and your math, even if someone tells you they are racist.
We best be praying for Pecos, Texas.
Physics, in everyday life, is not just like the fuzzy Law that the Legal System provides, it totally rulz without mercy and immediately adjudicates.
Beware and act acoordinately.
[The Life you save may be you own.]
We need to keep reminding everyone Major Pete is responsible.
F=Ma....
Call me Homer, Dooh , meant to say P=MV Momentum, which is the energy aggregate of an object. Train be carrying around lots of energy when it’s moving. Average freight train weighs up to 18000 tons, F150 = 1.5 ton oops.
Check it out experimentally....
FAFO IS based in a reality as we know it.
To trains, F-150s are less than a gnat.
Best to give it up and rest for a while.
And needs to be held accountable.
Buttigieg getting in one last lick before saying goodbye to Uncle Sam (choice of words intentional).
Responsible for cleanup up
and investigation. These
incidenses happen regularly.
Implying that he’s a failure
in this case has yet to be
determined.
Trains can no where near
stop on a dime and a truck
across the tracks takes a
gamblers chance. An accident
is all this was.
I got my first drivers license on an Army base in Germany. There was a confusing question about right-of-way of an auto vs. street car at a 3-way intersection in downtown Frankfurt. I challenged the driving instructor and he said, “the legal answer does not matter. The street car always has the right-of-way because it will crush your car and kill you.”
Folks might be surprised to find out what commonly used
everyday household items are classified as “hazardous materials”
by the Dept. of Transportation.
“Buttigieg getting in one last lick before saying goodbye.”
The implication meaning this
was his fault?
People died. Where is your
heartfelt respect for the
ones who are suffering?
Pretty crass on your part.
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