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Posted: February 28, 2007

Amtrak Train Hits Car in Morrisville

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Train Smashes Empty Car in Morrisville

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Train Smashes Empty Car in Morrisville
Morrisville, N.C. — An Amtrak train hit a car Wednesday night in Morrisville.

The car was disabled on the track about 7:30 p.m. when the the southbound Carolinian train traveling from New York City to Charlotte hit it at the intersection of Chapel Hill Road and Aviation Road.

No one was inside the car at the time. None of the 110 passengers on the train were injured. The train continued on its trip about an hour later.
  • Photographer: Courtney Davis

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I would like to clear things up. The lady whom this car belongs to is one of my moms good friends. She was not disoriented, her tire was stuck in the railroad track and there was nothing she could do. She went to the fire station to get help when the train hit. End of story
kariann012
March 1, 2007 5:40 p.m.
Praying that the car will be okay - Rev. LF
Lightfoot
March 1, 2007 1:17 p.m.
Having been at the scene when the accident occurred, there would have been no time to be proactive. It was a matter of a couple of minutes from the time the person left her vehicle stuck on the tracks (she drove down onto the track by accident and would have need a tow tow truck to pull it up), she walked to the firestation and spoke with someone and by then the train was coming.

Even with all the folks in traffic waiting and watching this, if they went down to mess with trying to get the car out they would have been struck by the train.

The train on those tracks travels at 70mph. It slammed on its brakes when it saw the vehicle and still hit the car.

Luckily a tradgedy was avoided and no one was hurt.
im1032
March 1, 2007 10:50 a.m.
i think we should go back to riding horses. if thats the case then the stagecoach would have detoured around the tired horse.
bammer66
March 1, 2007 8:37 a.m.
Isn't it odd that as busy as that intersection is at that time of the evening that no one in other cars suspected something was wrong at that particular moment and at least helped that person out. At least push the car a few feet?
dell
March 1, 2007 8:01 a.m.
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