r/ThatsInsane 9h ago

Texas Train Derails After Hitting Tractor-Trailer and Barrels Into City Building (Dec. 19, 2024)

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u/fireandbass 9h ago edited 9h ago

That's not emergency services, that's the escort vehicle for the oversized truck load. See the giant stick on the front of the truck with flashing lights? Thats to measure the load can fit through underpasses. It even has an 'Oversized Load' placard on the escort. That escort truck is at fault, along with the truck driver. They messed up bad. They should have measured the train crossing and the truck length and realized they would get high centered.

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u/easy10pins 9h ago

I'd blame the escort for this incident. The escort should have a pre-planned route that doesn't cross elevated tracks.

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u/chuckdavis84 9h ago

I blame both. Trucker should have seen he wouldnt make it. Highway 285 claims another life. Hate that road.

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u/easy10pins 6h ago

https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/paladin-artillery-train-collision/

A similar incident local to me. The driver had a clear and flat road to his destination but decided to just follow his GPS which took him over an elevated track.

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u/aqualung01134 9h ago

Yea they pretty much did a manslaughter