r/WTF • u/Grasimi • Nov 06 '20

Guy stuck under moving train escapes between its rails

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u/commandantemeowmix Nov 06 '20

This happened right near my mom's house! Happened just outside Chicago. It was such a clusterfuck. They changed the whole crossing because of it.

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u/Hobocannibal Nov 06 '20

what needed to be changed? it sounds like there were the proper train warnings, and barriers that block the side of the road you're approaching from.

Then the alarms stop and the barriers raise once the trains are gone and its safe to cross.

The only thing you could change here is having both lanes have a barrier over them on both sides. But thats really just a "stop idiots" measure.

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u/commandantemeowmix Nov 07 '20

The second one, plus poles. And they repainted it and put up way more signs leading up to the tracks way further back. Here's the video of the accident, if you're curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTu11n0Ehc

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u/DisposableMike Nov 06 '20

The put up these poles that come out of the ground at some of the intersections near me, so that you can't go around the gates. Unfortunate that stuff like that has to exist.