According to the AccuWeather site, driver was one of 3 killed by storm. Happened in Longmeadow, MA. No details were given.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/longmeadow_identifies_dpw_work.html
wanswheelhttp://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/03/longmeadow_identifies_dpw_work.html
Not to make light of it - Amtrak Snow Plows beat highway snow plows.
Backing onto a railroad crossing??????
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That sucks. Sounds like a simple tragic accident.
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Quite possibly the driver was concentrating on plowing the road, a task probably made more complex in the vicinity of the grade crossing. When very focussed on one task, it becomes easy to forget about other outside influences. More than one grader operator working on a gravel road has been killed or injured at a grade crossing.
Accident report from a similar crossing accident on CN between Lloydminister and North Battleford, SK. The driver was killed in this one too.
http://tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/2013/r13e0015/r13e0015.asp
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zugmann That sucks. Sounds like a simple tragic accident.
cx500Quite possibly the driver was concentrating on plowing the road, a task probably made more complex in the vicinity of the grade crossing. When very focussed on one task, it becomes easy to forget about other outside influences. More than one grader operator working on a gravel road has been killed or injured at a grade crossing.
Target fixation. Tell pilots about it!
An officially closed crossing ? The possible legal finger pointing boggles the mind. Status box says closed.
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