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Cantonment Man’s Vehicle Hit By Train
March 21, 2013
A Cantonment man escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when his Ford Explorer was hit by a train.
The Florida Highway Patrol said 56-year old Bruce Demars was stopped for traffic on the railroad tracks on Kingsfield Road approaching Palafox Street about 4 p.m. As railroad crossing arms came down on both sides of his 2000 Ford Explorer, Demars attempted unsuccessfully to move out of the way to avoid the train. The front of the train struck the left rear of the Ford Explorer.
Demars was transported to West Florida Hospital with minor injuries. He was cited for improper stopping on railroad tracks, according to the FHP.
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7 Responses to “Cantonment Man’s Vehicle Hit By Train”
We are glad that you are alive and doing well. Your family is happy that you are safe and sound. Thinking of you and we love you. We all support you!
FWIW, the average weight of ONE locomotive (Diesel Electric) is above 1/2 million pounds. Calculate that by the number of locomotives, figure ONE loaded box car to be 150,000 or more Lbs. and ONE tanker car, 220,000 Lbs..and you are talking a LOT of weight since an average train has 40 or more cars attached… to usually more than one locomotive.
Stop before the tracks if you can’t make it all the way across safely. That is why there is a traffic statute prohibiting a person from stopping their vehicle on the tracks. Its not on the books for your inconvenience, it is there to protect you from injuring yourself or someone else. That law had to be made up to tell people that because they lack the ability to use commonsense. Oh, lets see. I’ll stop my 4,000 pound car on the RR tracks and hope a 50,000 pound train doesn’t decide to come through. If it does, he can stop and wait for me to get off the tracks. NOT!
I see people stop on RxR tracks all the time (including mothers with little kids in the car). Very very dangerous. I’m with mg, I would have driven through and maybe given the guy in front of me a little shove if necessary.
so if I understand your logic correctly, if you run a red light, stop sign, or were speeding and cause a crash, you shouldn’t be ticketed then either?
that’s why you never stop on train tracks
glad no one was seriously hurt, but if crossing arms came down on both sides of me, i would be driving through one of them because anything is better than being hit by a train
Isn’t it bad enough to be on the tracks and have the arms come down on both sides? I realize he shouldn’t have stopped on the tracks but the fear of trying to get his car out of there before getting killed, in my mind, was enough of a lesson not to do that ever again. I don’t think he needed a ticket on top of it. After all, he’s got a messed up car and I bet he’ll also have to pay for any damage to the train. Enough punishment indeed. Glad he wasn’t killed.