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Or at least they didn’t get it wrong.<\/p>\n
Every major news service has the main fact of the train derailment near Baltimore wrong. The train did not hit the truck – the truck drove into the side of the train at an unprotected private crossing.<\/p>\n
Why would a truck in broad daylight drive right into the side of a moving train?<\/p>\n
Clue #1) There is a large rail yard just to the South of the grade crossing<\/p>\n
Clue #2) The truck hit the cars near the end of the train<\/p>\n
Clue #3) The train was headed for Georgia, yet the derailed cars were North of the point of the collision<\/p>\n
The train was backing up through the crossing<\/strong> and the truck driver would not have seen a locomotive nor realized the train was backing up. At a public crossing, the train’s crew is required to stop short of the intersection, and a flagman prevent vehicles from entering the crossing – but this was not a public road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/world\/2013-05\/29\/c_132415083.htm Or at least they didn’t get it wrong. Every major news service has the main fact of the train derailment near Baltimore wrong. The train did not hit the truck – the truck drove into the side of the … Continue reading