Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Headquarters Assigned Accident Investigation Report HQ-2007-49, Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), Aguadulce, Texas, August 8, 2007

摘要

A westbound Kansas City Southern train collided with an Ford F250 crew cab truck trunk at a highway-rail grade crossing, on July 9, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. The accident occurred in Agua Dulce, Texas, at KCS Milepost 130.5 and Texas Farm to Market Road no. 70, on the KCS Laredo Subdivision. The motor vehicle was occupied with an estimate of 12 persons. The vehicle was struck by the lead locomotive at the rear of the trucks bed. Five of the twelve occupants were in the bed of the pickup truck. Three were killed, two injured. The driver and occupants in the cab of the truck fled the scene. The lead locomotive sustained minor damage of about $6,000.00, and there was no derailment. At the time of the incident it was daylight, partly cloudy, and no rain. The temperature was 89 degrees F. The accident was caused by failure of the motor vehicle to yield to the train. According to a witness the crossing gates were down and the driver had time to stop.