Train narrowly misses vehicle at railroad crossing, Los Angeles County CA
TrafficA train stopped just in time to avoid a blue mini SUV that was halted on the railroad tracks. The driver briefly exited the vehicle but later re-entered and moved it off the tracks.
Audio|Source: Metrolink San Fernando Valley
01:46
Transcript:
4-58, clear, 121. 121, Paddy, you can. Call the Valley, let them know at crossing at 460.1. It was a near-miss vehicle stopped on the track and was going to bail out of the car, but once I stopped the train, the left, got back to the car. (name withheld), Valley Ventura, over. Venturelink 121 report of near mid, the crossing at Maupost 460.1. Vehicle, I was able to stop at the vehicle. It looked like he was going to bail out or he did get out of the car and was going to leave it on the cross, but he ended up getting in and getting off the track once I stopped. All right, how fast were you going over? Uh, roughly maybe 50. I didn't go in an emergency. I was able to stop without putting in the train in an emergency. Okay. And here, the description of the vehicle or the person, by chance, over. The car was blue and it was a mini SUV. All right, you got near missed there at that mile to the force. He got one crossing. You're doing about 50 miles per hour, a blue mini SUV. They stopped on a crossing over? Yeah, he stopped on the crossing, he pulled forward, backed up, and he got out of the car, and then when he realized I stopped, just in the car and across. That's Claiborne Avenue, correct? When I get to a Van Nuir, they give you the actual pre-crossing, but it was at my office at my office. It was 460-down-1. Okay, I got you. All right, sounds good. I'll get reported. Thank you.
4-58, clear, 121. 121, Paddy, you can. Call the Valley, let them know at crossing at 460.1. It was a near-miss vehicle stopped on the track and was going to bail out of the car, but once I stopped the train, the left, got back to the car. (name withheld), Valley Ventura, over. Venturelink 121 report of near mid, the crossing at Maupost 460.1. Vehicle, I was able to stop at the vehicle. It looked like he was going to bail out or he did get out of the car and was going to leave it on the cross, but he ended up getting in and getting off the track once I stopped. All right, how fast were you going over? Uh, roughly maybe 50. I didn't go in an emergency. I was able to stop without putting in the train in an emergency. Okay. And here, the description of the vehicle or the person, by chance, over. The car was blue and it was a mini SUV. All right, you got near missed there at that mile to the force. He got one crossing. You're doing about 50 miles per hour, a blue mini SUV. They stopped on a crossing over? Yeah, he stopped on the crossing, he pulled forward, backed up, and he got out of the car, and then when he realized I stopped, just in the car and across. That's Claiborne Avenue, correct? When I get to a Van Nuir, they give you the actual pre-crossing, but it was at my office at my office. It was 460-down-1. Okay, I got you. All right, sounds good. I'll get reported. Thank you.
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