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Train Hits Car Killing Five Teenagers

July 10, 2009 (DETROIT, Mich.) -- The car carrying 5 teenagers never slowed as it approached a rail crossing near Detroit, and drove right past a car that had been stopped there for several seconds -- just before an Amtrak train rushed through the crossing.

At the wheel, according to police and state records, was a 19-year-old man with a suspended license.

"There is no indication alcohol or anything else was involved other than bad judgment," Canton Township police spokesman Sgt. Mark Gajeski said.

Dan Broughton of Woodhaven, a Detroit suburb, was driving, Gajeski said. State records show he had a number of traffic violations, including speeding and disobeying a stop sign in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park on Jan. 7.

His failure to show a driver's license April 1 in Woodhaven led a judge to suspend his license for one month -- a suspension that began Wednesday.

Investigators said the crossing had a gate and flashing lights that were working when the car approached. Police said the train, which was carrying about 170 people, typically travels about 67 miles per hour at the site of the crash.
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It broadsided the black Ford Fusion and pushed it about a mile down the tracks.

"There is no one to be charged," Gajeski said. "From witness statements and the video, the person just ran the gate."

The mother of 14-year-old Jessica Sadler said Thursday the girl was among those killed.

Police previously said the young men killed also included an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old from Taylor and a 21-year-old from Stafford, Va.

No one aboard the train was injured, Amtrak said.
Last year, 119 people died nationwide in Amtrak accidents, usually when trains struck vehicles or pedestrians at railroad crossings, according to figures from the Federal Railroad Administration.

Eleven people died in train accidents of all types in Michigan in 2008, according to Federal Railroad Administration data.
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Re: Train Hits Car Killing Five Teenagers

How horrible.

I really feel sorry for the train driver.
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What a horrible mess.
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Trains always....always win >=(
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Re: Train Hits Car Killing Five Teenagers

wow this was literally right down the street from me...it was in canton mi at hannah and michigan avenue...the flowers are still by the tracks
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cant see the video :(
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cant see the video :(
i can
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fuck.
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Trains always....always win >=(
Haha how'd you know
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one less idiot on the road, good riddens
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