This happened less than two miles from my house today. I had to take my kitten in to the vets this morning to be clipped and chipped. They're located right next to where the accident happened. I just picked Tyr up at 2pm ET and the train was still there, and chunks of the car were being picked up. Half of the vets parking lot was closed off with crime scene tape, the other half filled with news crews.
I live right near the train track in downtown Cary and trains go by all the time. They're also extremely **** about blaring their horns and I see crews out all of the time testing the arm rails. Staff at the vets confirmed that the horn was blaring for awhile prior to the accident, and the arm rails were down. More witnesses are starting to report that the driver tried to weave through the guard rails. The driver is alive, his girlfriend is dead. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Edited, Jan 2nd 2014 3:30pm by DSD