Students Learn Train Safety the Hard Way

[zardoz]

HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) - Three children and an adult were treated for minor injuries after an empty, runaway railroad car crashed into the Heber Creeper, which was carrying pupils on a train safety field trip.

About 270 fourth-graders from schools in Salt Lake County and Price and their chaperones were aboard the train, said Nate McDonald, spokesman for Heber Valley Historic Railroad.

They had been on the train for about 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon when it stopped at Soldier Hollow to switch engines, McDonald said.

A lone railroad car that had somehow gotten onto the tracks then hit the train, "slightly derailing" the last car, and knocking over some of the passengers, he said.

The adult who was injured suffered a sprained ankle. One child was cut on the head, and the other two children suffered bumps and bruises. The four were treated at a hospital and released.

Railroad officials did not know how the empty car got loose.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050512/D8A1CAF80.html

[AntonioFP45]

Sad to say but.................... I SMELL A LAWSUIT!!!!!!

[vsmith]

Oh Great!

Another tourist line about to be done in by the Lawyers.....

[Anonymous]

IRONIC!!!!

[gabe]

Sorry guys, I would love to respond to this thread, but I have to pack my bags and head to Utah. Does anyone know how to get to Heber City?

Gabe

[vsmith]

Baaaaaaaaaaaaad joke Gabe.

[DPD1]

Geez, how bad a luck can you have? The owner must have just put his face down on his desk after hearing that one.

Dave
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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Oh Great!

Another tourist line about to be done in by the Lawyers.....

Smitty -

I hate to say it, but the lawyers aren't doing these guys in, they already beat the legal eagles to it by doing themselves in. There is a reason they have and maintain handbrakes and derails...

LC

[emmar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Nuclearwinter

IRONIC!!!!

You got that right!

[cherokee woman]

I am so glad that no one was seriously hurt!

[dldance]

I visited the Heber Valley RR today. The caboose involved is alive and rolling. In fact it was on the train I rode today. The passenger car will require a little more backshop work before the buffers will correctly align with the next car. Looks like business as usual.

dd

[miniwyo]

Im trying to plan a trip down to ride her someitme this summer, was there once when I was little, Got really scared by the trin robbery, That is kinda scary to a 4 year old.