[PRCo] Philly___Accident

[James B. Holland]

> Mark McGuire wrote:
>
>> Limited time and a growling stomach can make....... It would be very 
>> interesting to me to look over the PRCo/PAT accident reports and find 
>> out what percentage of fender benders involving transit vehicles 
>> happened during the lunch hours.
>>
>> Mark
>
> James B. Holland wrote:
>
> How do we tell the difference between Growling Stomachs and Road
> Rage?!?!?!?!
>
> Here's one in PhlipAdelphia yesterday:::::::
>
> http://www.nbc10.com/news/5027867/detail.html



from the Philadelphia Inquirer:
 
14 hurt when truck with hot tar collides with trolley

A truck carrying roofing equipment and towing a hot-tar kettle collided 
with a SEPTA Route 13 trolley late yesterday afternoon in West 
Philadelphia, resulting in injuries to 14 people. None of the injuries 
was considered life-threatening, police said.

The crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m. at 48th Street and Chester 
Avenue. Police and a witness said the truck ran through a stop sign at 
high speed as it headed south on 48th, apparently trying to beat the 
westbound trolley through the intersection. "He tries to swing around 
[the trolley], but he couldn't make it," said witness Kalik Lance, 29, 
who was sitting outside his apartment building at 4725 Chester when the 
accident happened. The truck scraped the front of the trolley, then 
flipped, taking the kettle along with it. At that point, hot tar spewed 
against the front doors of the trolley, leaving a sheen of molten tar on 
the street.

"Good thing those doors were closed," said a police sergeant 
coordinating cleanup operations at the scene last night. SEPTA workers 
using jackhammers had to forcibly cut the hardened tar from the track 
rails while others using scrappers pried it from the street and from the 
area between the rails.

Police said 65 passengers were on the trolley. They all walked off the 
conveyance via the rear door, with the operator the last to leave. 
Damage to the trolley, which included a broken head lamp, appeared 
minor. It did not derail. No names were immediately released. It was 
unclear whether citations would be filed.



Jim__Holland



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