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An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train struck a car on the tracks in Syosset. The driver was killed and Newsday reports, "The gate at the grade-crossing... was repaired one hour before the fatal crash in Syosset....Some witnesses indicated the gate was up at the time of the accident, but a preliminary investigation of an electronic recording device monitoring the gate at Robbins Lane indicated that the gates at the Syosset crossing were in the down position at the time of the crash, [LIRR spokesman Sam] Zambuto told Newsday." (There will be an investigation.) The train was the 8 a.m. from Penn Station, arriving in Huntington at 9:10 a.m.; none of the passengers were injured. Service was suspended between Hicksville and Huntington, but it has been restored to one set of the tracks.
LIRR Train Crashes Into Car, Killing Driver
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stop trains now!
I never understood why these local news sites ny1, cbs news, etc have miniture photos associated with their stories. What is the big deal with having a larder photo, hell even 320x240 would be better then these little thumbnails they include in the stories.
As for the train crash, sucks. Hope the gate was working correctly, curious how they were just working on it then this happened.
Too many car accident stories, is there anything else going on or should we start campaigning for an overhaul of nyc traffic policy?
Syosset is not in NYC.
Tragic, but whether or not the gates were up or down people should always look left and right before crossing a railroad track. Back in the old days when I was a young driver (1981 or so), there were no gates at all, nor even flashing lights, just a criss cross sign for rail road.
I hope Streetsblog picked up on this. We need to make our streets safe for cars from these killer trains! ZOMG! Murderous Mass Transit!
Long Island? Chances are the driver was trying to beat the train.
Seen it happen way, way too many times. LI drivers are some of the worst.
Right up there with British drivers.
Metallic blue lincoln with faux convertible top...scratch one off the social security rolls.
Trying to stifle the guilty laughter...