Poorly designed crossing contributed to fatal 2022 Missouri Amtrak derailment, officials say
Associated PressA dump truck driver last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late, federal investigators concluded in a report, finding that a steep, poorly designed railroad crossing in rural Missouri contributed to last year’s fatal Amtrak derailment that killed four people and injured 146 others. “Communities across the country deserve safer crossings so these types of accidents don’t happen again.” The NTSB said the dump truck driver ignored a stop sign before continuing through the crossing near Mendon at a speed of about 5 mph. The engineer blew the train’s horn as required as he approached the crossing, but the dump truck driver still inexplicably continued across the tracks. Another dump truck driver who witnessed the crash told investigators that he also typically ignored the stop sign at the crossing because the steep grade of the gravel road entering the crossing made it hard to start up again for the trucks loaded with rock for a nearby levee project that were equipped with manual transmissions.
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