{"id":21356,"date":"2013-08-12T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21356"},"modified":"2013-08-12T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:44:32","slug":"calif-leads-nation-in-fatal-train-crossing-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/calif-leads-nation-in-fatal-train-crossing-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. leads nation in fatal train crossing crashes","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20650\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"grade_crossing_web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/grade_crossing_web.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" \/>Linda Kruger-Small was driving home on a rainy night, just a few days before Christmas 2008. She was on an unfamiliar street and followed a right turn arrow that put her on railroad tracks at Orangethorpe Avenue in Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p>It turned out to be a fatal move. Her car became stuck on the tracks as a train barreled toward her. She dialed 911 to ask if the train could be stopped. Moments later came a horrible collision. Passersby pulled Kruger-Small from the wreckage, but it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/investigations\/series\/rail-crossings\/Dangerous-Railroad-Crossings-Tracks-Safety-Traffic-Nogales-Street-219056651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Kruger-Small was driving home on a rainy night, just a few days before Christmas 2008. 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