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Semi Truck Nearly Split in Half by Train
WLNS 6 - Lansing ^ | 12-22-04

Posted on 12/23/2004 12:08:23 PM PST by Dan from Michigan

Semi Truck Nearly Split in Half by Train

12/22/04 -- A train versus semi accident closed a Livingston county road for several hours Wednesday night.

The Michigan State Police Brighton Post told 6 News that the accident happened around 7 PM at the Burkhart-Grand River intersection near Howell.

Officials say that semi truck was literally split in half.

Amazingly, there were no injuries.

Some fuel was spilled on the tracks, but has since been cleaned up.

State Police continue to investigate.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: damn
That must have been the sirens I've heard last night.
1 posted on 12/23/2004 12:08:23 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan

Mom always said - don't park on the tracks.


2 posted on 12/23/2004 12:11:35 PM PST by petercooper (DEAN in '08!)
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To: Dan from Michigan

Split in half? Right down the middle?! Lengthwise?

Pictures please!


3 posted on 12/23/2004 12:17:29 PM PST by OwnershipSociety
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To: Dan from Michigan

I live a couple of miles away, but I didn't hear any sirens. I'll have to claim "hard of hearing" on that one!


4 posted on 12/23/2004 12:20:23 PM PST by al44
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To: Dan from Michigan

"Officials say that semi truck was literally split in half. "



Making it truly a SEMI truck.


5 posted on 12/23/2004 12:30:27 PM PST by Blzbba (Conservative Republican - Less gov't, less spending, less intrusion.)
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta; Revel; DAVEY CROCKETT; lacylu

One does wonder why the truck was parked on the tracks?


6 posted on 12/23/2004 12:37:04 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (Today, please pray for God's miracle, we are not going to make it without him.)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

I don't see where it was parked. Just wasn't moving fast enough.


7 posted on 12/23/2004 12:38:38 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (Couldn't you have stopped shooting at us and watched your baby grow instead?)
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To: SlowBoat407

The driver must have been terrified, while this was happening.


8 posted on 12/23/2004 12:43:49 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny (Today, please pray for God's miracle, we are not going to make it without him.)
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To: Dan from Michigan
I almost got nailed at a railroad crossing a few weeks ago. I was right at the tracks when I heard the train sound its horn and looked to my left. All I could see was the front end of the engine. I made it across the tracks okay and looked in my rear-view mirror. The engine and three cars were completely across the road before the warning lights began flashing.
9 posted on 12/23/2004 12:45:31 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. - John Adams)
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To: Stonewall Jackson

Go to any RR crossing for the same RR and get their 800 number and report it. To be sure they get the message, tell them you are also going to call your local state transportation board and the federal Surface Transporation Board to report the incident.


10 posted on 12/23/2004 2:15:20 PM PST by CedarDave (tagline on Christmas vacation)
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To: CedarDave

One time, my passenger train, traveling at 80mph, slowed to a controlled stop, a good mile before the next station. When I contacted the engineer, he was killin' himself laughing, and caholed me to come up front. When I got there, I witnessed a nervous semi-truck driver, attempting to raise the crossing gate that had come down between his cab and his load. Ha! Bumber-to bumper traffic at RR crossings can be hazardous to yer load!


11 posted on 12/23/2004 2:50:41 PM PST by conductor john (from jersey)
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To: Dan from Michigan

The headline reads: "nearly split in half." The copy says "literally split in half." Which is it? Or in the post-Clinton world "literally"="nearly."


12 posted on 12/23/2004 3:17:47 PM PST by Procyon
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To: OwnershipSociety
.....Split in half? Right down the middle?! Lengthwise?

Pictures please!.....

Or split across sideways like a hoagie bun?
13 posted on 12/23/2004 3:20:52 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: conductor john

What can the RR do in a situation like this? Can you open the crossing control shed, shut off the lights and raise the gate, and then flag your train through the crossing after the truck clears it??


14 posted on 12/23/2004 3:32:02 PM PST by CedarDave (tagline on Christmas vacation)
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To: CedarDave

After we came to a stop, the gates went up, as they're speed sensitive AND timed. The guy got in his truck and beat it, but now I had to flag our way across, as other dummies insisted on taking the crossing. Eh!


15 posted on 12/23/2004 3:47:27 PM PST by conductor john (from jersey)
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To: CedarDave

After we came to a stop, the gates went up, as they're speed sensitive AND timed. The guy got in his truck and beat it, but now I had to flag our way across, as other dummies insisted on taking the crossing. Eh!


16 posted on 12/23/2004 3:48:12 PM PST by conductor john (from jersey)
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To: CedarDave

That was the first thing I did, once I quit hyperventilating.


17 posted on 12/24/2004 9:57:12 AM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. - John Adams)
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