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09-20-2017, 02:24 AM
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Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
HIGH POINT, N.C. The woman who narrowly escaped her car before a train smashed into it turned herself in, according to a press release. Jeseace Quick, 25, of Kannapolis, is charged with no operators license and a railroad crossing violation by citation. Dashcam video shows Quick in her car stopped on the tracks at Pendleton Road and Martin Luther King Drive in High Point. High Point police Lt. Curtis Cheeks confirmed the video's authenticity and facts. He said the incident happened at 1:40 p.m. The dashcam driver was about to cross the railroad crossing when the stop arm went down and then went back up. As he was about to cross, the other arm went down and a car proceeded and was trapped. He yelled at the driver, 'Get out of the way!'. She grabbed her purse and ran away just before the train hit her car. “Personnel with the railroad advised there was no damage to the train, engine #1140, or the crossing. A K-9 team responded and performed a search of the area to locate the driver but was unsuccessful. Norfolk Southern Representative Susan Terpay sent the following statement when asked about the crossing arms timing and if there was a malfunction: "It’s extremely important to remind motorists never to proceed through a railroad crossing when the lights are flashing. The lights signal that there is oncoming train traffic, and when there are two sets of railroad tracks, it’s important to remember that a second train can be coming from either direction. "In this case the gates and lights activated when a southbound Amtrak train passed through the crossing. When the train finished going through the crossing, the lights continued flashing -- alerting drivers that a second train was coming. The gates then lowered again as a northbound Norfolk Southern train went through the crossing." |
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09-20-2017, 08:33 AM
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Re: Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
Idk if I would stopped right there and got outta my car like that .. why the hell not hit the gas and plow through the gate ?
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09-20-2017, 08:59 AM
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Re: Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
Seems to me there was enough room for her to move forward and park the car there right in front of the arm barrier unless the engine stalled.
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09-20-2017, 11:02 AM
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Re: Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
Because "Martin Luther King Drive". LaQueefa didn't know railroad crossing gates are designed to break away when hit by a vehicle. Doesn't take much to confuse, puzzle and frustrate a *****...
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09-24-2017, 09:35 PM
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Re: Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
YES! I thought it was the white truck that was going to get it at first, I'm yelling, back up - just ram the gate, the alternative is MUCH WORSE!
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10-03-2017, 11:47 PM
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| My Rank: PRIVATE Poster Rank:8326 Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 21 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 7 Post(s)
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Re: Female Motorist Trapped on Railroad Tracks Escapes Before Train Smashes Her Car
Love how she closes the door after leaving the car as if that will some how help the situation |