CROZET, Va. — The lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board said it’s too early to say whether the safety arms at a rural Virginia crossing were working when a train carrying GOP members of Congress slammed into a trash truck, killing one truck passenger. Drivers who regularly cross over the tracks said they had seen the safety equipment appear to be malfunctioning a day before Wednesday’s crash. The train was travelling “about 61 mph” (98 kph) only seconds before it slammed into the truck, Kotowski said. The speed limit at that crossing is 60 mph (97 kph), Kotowski told a news conference Thursday. No safety inspection records for the crossing were immediately available.

Source: National Post February 02, 2018 03:33 UTC