Interesting way to get hit by a train

[heavesrock]

From the Minot Daily News

http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.../id/525608.html

A car carrying two passengers was rear-ended by an Amtrak train carrying 134 passengers and 10 crew members at approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday after becoming high-centered on the train tracks.
According to a report by the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the car, driven by 21-year-old Tabitha Carlson, entered a private service road on the north side of the train trestle on Ward County Highway 12 west of Minot, and after making a right turn, became high-centered on the train tracks.

Shocking, the driver was under the influence.

 

[PetalumaLoco]

And the car's passenger got nailed with drug paraphernalia!

Justice prevails!

 

[MattW]

Wow...that's just...wow. I'm assuming it was the Empire Builder unless Amtrak snuck a train on the line no one knows about.

*men in black suits and dark glasses show up... "WHAT DO YOU KNOW!?"*

 

[RailFanLNK]

The names of the occupants in the car should be "Cheech and Chong"! :lol:

 

[PetalumaLoco]

The names of the occupants in the car should be "Cheech and Chong"! :lol:

Or Dumb and Dumber.

 

[RRrich]

Do I have it right?

To be hit by a train be on the tracks when the train is coming.

To not be hit by a train be off the tracks when the train is coming.

If the engineer runs the train when it is not on the tracks, he is in deep doo-doo.

Are those the rules?

 

[Green Maned Lion]

Watch, they'll sue.

 

[GG-1]

Watch, they'll sue.

Yes those tracks were to high and shouldn't have been there anyway

 

[ourlouisiana]

We looked in the GCOR and didn't find anything about riding higher on the rails, is this something new, or is this only done in the higher elevations ???

Maybe the rails are lower down here in SOUTH Louisiana (elevation 35 ft) than in NORTH Dakota (elevation 1900ft) ???

Wish reporters would get these things correct - or is that part of the mystique of being a reporter ??? Then they always put the train to blame, why is that ??? At least these people were charged with criminal tresspass.

 

[battalion51]

But do the snozberries taste like snozberries?

 

[AmtrakWPK]

(Insurance Agent): "And what did you say was the make, model, and tag number of the vehicle that rear-ended you? I must not have heard you right......" :lol: :blink: