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<p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now this is interesting:</span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">T</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">he radio news just reported that the victim did not hear the train because the engine on his test train was running, and because the North Star train did not sound its horn for the nearby grade crossing because it is in a no-horn zone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No mention of a cell phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I suspect the facts of this accident are being manipulated as they are being fed to the news media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was another report this morning that said the engineer did not sound the horn because of the no-horn zone, and this was a probable reason why the victim did not hear the approaching train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet other reports specifically stated that the engineer sounded several horn toots in rapid succession as a warning when he approached the standing test train at 80 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, of course, this makes the report of not sounding the horn because of the no-horn zone seem like an incredibly red herring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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