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Truck and boat hit by Amtrak train in Ponchatoula
Posted on 4/18/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/18/18 at 12:57 pm
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PONCHATOULA—Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said one man has been taken by ambulance to North Oaks Medical Center after a northbound Amtrak train struck a passenger truck on the driver’s side door around noon on Wednesday. Layrisson said initial reports indicate the white Chevy Denali truck was towing a boat westbound on LA 22 when it got “caught” on the tracks, trapped by the closing railroad cross-arms.
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Layrisson said no injuries were reported on the Amtrak train.
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Posted on 4/18/18 at 12:59 pm to DuckManiak
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when it got “caught” on the tracks, trapped by the closing railroad cross-arms.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:00 pm to DuckManiak
Did the truck nuts make it unscathed?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:00 pm to DuckManiak
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:02 pm to DuckManiak
Fish was a-bitin', cain't wait for no train.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:06 pm to High C
That Amtrak route has to have some of the highest collision rates in the country.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:11 pm to DuckManiak
When I was in Louisiana many moons ago South La. did not have these...do they now?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:13 pm to DuckManiak
Does insurance cover stupidity? Hard to pull that off without trying.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:14 pm to DuckManiak
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when it got “caught” on the tracks, trapped by the closing railroad cross-arms.
Like hell Im getting "trapped" between the arms. Even if I was in a Prius I bet I could break the arms off before getting mashed by a train.
What the hell were they thinking?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:15 pm to cajunangelle
The majority of the major crossings do
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:16 pm to cajunangelle
Yes, they have crossing arms on all RR crossings. I can remember a family getting killed in Ponchatoula around 20 years ago because there was no crossing guard. Since then, they’ve shut those crossings down. Instead of 5 crossings in Ponchatoula, there’s now 3.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:19 pm to DuckManiak
Why didn't he break the gate? I thought they were breakaway?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:23 pm to DuckManiak
So, dumbass was trying to beat the train?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:27 pm to DuckManiak
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:27 pm to Hammertime
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Why didn't he break the gate? I thought they were breakaway?
That's what I'm wondering. The dude had almost $100k in personal property on the line and simply wouldn't push passed the gate?
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:28 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Truck and boat hit by Amtrak train in Ponchatoula
Not today
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:29 pm to alphaandomega
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Like hell Im getting "trapped" between the arms. Even if I was in a Prius I bet I could break the arms off before getting mashed by a train.
What the hell were they thinking?
It's illegal to break those arms. He didn't want to get a ticket because it increases your insurance premiums.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:29 pm to Tigeralum2008
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dude had almost $100k in personal property on the line
that's a solid $200k worth of truck and boat
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:42 pm to GEAUXT
Article says it’s a chevy denali.
That thing is one of a kind.
That thing is one of a kind.
Posted on 4/18/18 at 1:44 pm to DuckManiak
The easy excuse would have been that the grade of the crossing was such that the tongue of the trailer bottomed out on rails and trapped the boat on one side and the truck on the other.
But that's not a huge boat hauled by a pro. boat hauler. Lower chassis clearance doesn't look to the be problem.
But that's not a huge boat hauled by a pro. boat hauler. Lower chassis clearance doesn't look to the be problem.
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