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Train wreck witness: 'Better look out'

The Clarion-Ledger October 23, 2008

Cleotha Jennings was sipping a beer at Martins Fish House today when he heard the boom.


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I saw one of the trains rocking on the track, he said. And I saw some of
the workers jumping off.

He and others just off work for the day sat facing out the glass storefront, watching police direct a steady stream of cars past the tangle of rail cars near tracks at Bullard Street and Industrial Drive in west Jackson.

Trains come down here too fast anyway, Jennings said. They blow their
horns three, maybe four times, and then you better look out.

Two people were hospitalized after a freight train apparently rear-ended another. The tracks run alongside Bullard.

Jim Pollard, with AMR ambulance service, said the two unidentified people were transported from the scene to local hospitals. He described their injuries as nonlife-threatening.

There has been no word on what may have caused the crash. A man who answered the phone at Kansas City Southern headquarters wouldnt identify himself and refused comment on the crash, other than to say it's under investigation.

Jackson police and other emergency responders still were at the scene around 11 p.m. Crews with the Mississippi Department of Transportation were on hand. No one with MDOT would comment.

JPD spokesman Lt. Jeffery Scott said an eastbound KCS train with at least three workers aboard smashed into a stationary train, also apparently owned by KCS.

AMR dispatched its disaster supply trailer, but Pollard said at 5:20 p.m. today it had been removed.

AMR is standing down, Pollard said, meaning there wasnt a continuing need for the disaster trailer or ambulances.

The impact sent several cars from the stationary train off the tracks. Some toppled on their sides; others landed upright, coming to rest perpendicular to the tracks.

Scott confirmed two people received minor injuries.

Several streets in the area were closed off, although no hazardous material was reported spilled. The National Transportation Safety Board was to further investigate the crash.

A reporter said there had been construction activity on or near the tracks. Heavy machinery was spotted at one of the crossings. A woman who works across the street from the wreck site said crews had been out there for a while.

JPD Cmdr. Jesse Robinson said a security company has been called to help secure the area. There had been reports of looters.

The cargo included at least one car full of bicycles. Police recovered about 20 bicycles.

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It is hard to imagine that something like this could happen in this day and age with all the sophisticated tracking devices and signal lights along the tracks. Both crews, the local switch yard, and KCS headquarters ALL should have known where both trains were. Surely the crews have communicators aboard. Every occupied block should throw up a RED FLAG SOMEWHERE !!! Looks that the rear train could have been stopped LONG before the collision.
HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN ????? SOMEBODY PLEASE SPECULATE ON HOW ??
10/24/2008 10:01:22 PM
It is hard to imagine that something like this could happen in this day and age with all the sophisticated tracking devices and signal lights along the tracks. Both crews, the local switch yard, and KCS headquarters ALL should have known where both trains were. Surely the crews have communicators aboard. Every occupied block should throw up a RED FLAG SOMEWHERE !!! Looks that the rear train could have been stopped LONG before the collision.<br />HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN ????? SOMEBODY PLEASE SPECULATE ON HOW ??notabravesfan
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wingding wrote:
How is it the fault of the C-L if "No other information was immediately available." Would you prefer they just make something up? Or maybe they should not post any breaking news stories as they happen, and just wait until they have all the information. Some of you seem to be confused as to what exactly the role of the newspaper is. It is to REPORT the information they are given. If the police dept, EOC, railroad, or any other agency involved doesn't release the information to them, all the reporter would be doing is guessing or making stuff up.

No. You are confused. The C-L's most important job is to generate a profit which is a very difficult task considering the lack of talented writers on staff. As such, they are more interested in creating "stories" than reporting facts because the real facts are often quite boring. You arfe absolutely correct about he role of the newspaper, however, you are incorrect in assuming that the C-L is acting like a newspaper should.
10/23/2008 9:32:05 PM
How is it the fault of the C-L if "No other information was immediately available." Would you prefer they just make something up? Or maybe they should not post any breaking news stories as they happen, and just wait until they have all the information. Some of you seem to be confused as to what exactly the role of the newspaper is. It is to REPORT the information they are given. If the police dept, EOC, railroad, or any other agency involved doesn't release the information to them, all the reporter would be doing is guessing or making stuff up.<br /><br />No. You are confused. The C-L's most important job is to generate a profit which is a very difficult task considering the lack of talented writers on staff. As such, they are more interested in creating "stories" than reporting facts because the real facts are often quite boring. You arfe absolutely correct about he role of the newspaper, however, you are incorrect in assuming that the C-L is acting like a newspaper should.wingding
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Apparently some bicycles were looted.
10/23/2008 6:47:07 PM
Apparently some bicycles were looted.smithsonian
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msmagic wrote:
all i know is that is usually a very long train that runs across that track.
10/23/2008 4:50:31 PM
all i know is that is usually a very long train that runs across that track.msmagic
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