Re: Woman bails out seconds before train hits car

["Thomas Boles" <jaboles@bigpond.com>]

That'll teach her not to queue across intersections.


DL <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Woman bails out seconds before train hits car
>
> A woman escaped unscathed when she jumped from her car seconds before a
> train slammed into it at a level crossing in Arizona.
>
> Jayme Plank was not injured but her Honda Accord was destroyed by the
Union
> Pacific train.
>
> She was caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic and the car was still on the
> tracks as warning lights started flashing and the crossing arm came down.
>
> Ms Plank was later cited by police for stopping on railroad tracks,
reports
> the Arizona Daily Star.
>
> Ms Plank, from Tucson, said: "I honked my horn, and the lady in front of
me
> moved up as far as she could but I was stuck. I had no other option but to
> bail out."
>
> Sergeant Richard Vidaurri, a Marana police spokesman, said Ms Plank got
out
> of the vehicle just in time.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> David Lindstrom
>
>