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RussellOGR Forum Member

A lo res picture taken from an airborne point does not appear to have derailed any of the train. It is possible the blob in the median is the remains of the car. This is a divide highway and the train was still sitting there in the picture.

MANSFIELD (Ma) (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) — A driver was seriously injured Monday when his car hit a freight train in Mansfield. The driver told police he was distracted by his cell phone just before the crash.

SKYFOX was over the scene at a railroad crossing Forbes Boulevard around noon.

The driver of the Toyota Venza was flown to Rhode Island Hospital.

Stay with myfoxboston.com and FOX 25 News for updates to this story.

Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/sto...sfield#ixzz2E1Kolzur

12/3/122:59 PM

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Rich MelvinOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

"...A driver was seriously injured Monday when his car hit a freight train in Mansfield. The driver told police he was distracted by his cell phone just before the crash..."

I don't believe it! The drive-by media finally got something right!

Fec fanOGR Forum Member

Well, it was inevitable--- once in a blue moon the media gets it right

mark sOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Sad? Hmmmm, Darwinian outcome? Mess around with cell phone, drive into freight train, with cars bigger then houses?

JumijoOGR Forum Member

I hope the railroad sues the driver for a change.

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