I feel like naturally I want to troubleshoot problems and find a solution. It’s not about blaming anybody, but looking for some way to prevent this from happening again. Anyway, one thing that keeps sticking in my mind is that the reports said the crossing arms were lowering and the girl panicked and couldn’t get back in time. Maybe I am out to lunch here, but it would seem to me that if a person ever found themselves between the crossing arms as they were coming down, they should be provided with enough time to clear the path tracks before the train comes. I guess I could see if the arms were down and you wandered into the tracks that you are taking a big risk, but if you are on the tracks already and the crossing arms start coming down, do you not have time to continue or double-back and clear the tracks safely? I have only seen the trains near stations and the arms come down quite a while before the train even moves, but that might be different between stations where there are at grade crossings.
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