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Top stories of the week of Feb. 25

March 3, 2024 3 min read

WGAL top stories of the week: Train hits truck, driver punches crossing guard, 4-year-old rescued from tree

YEAH. SUSAN, THIS CRASH HAPPENED AT THE CROSSING RIGHT BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THERE’S A TRAIN ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH HERE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE WHERE THE DIRT HAS BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THIS CRASH THAT HAPPENED HERE EARLIER TODAY. THERE’S A FENCE THAT’S BEEN MANGLED BECAUSE OF THIS CRASH INVOLVING A TRAIN THAT HIT A TRACTOR TRAILER. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND HERE, THEY ARE GRATEFUL THINGS WERE NOT WORSE. I WAS PLAYING FORTNITE AND ALL I HEARD WAS THIS LOUD BANG THINKING IT WAS IN THE GAME. AND THEN I’M LIKE, OH, NO, IT’S NOT SHAWNEE KLINGER WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE CRASH SCENE. A TRAIN STOPPED AHEAD AND I LOOKED CLOSER AND THERE WAS THE TRACTOR TRAILER ON ITS SIDE. I WAS LIKE, I MADE SURE I GOT DRESSED QUICKLY. I RAN OUTSIDE AND I WAS MADE SURE HE WAS OKAY. THE DRIVER WAS OKAY, ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE TRUCK. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A BIG MESS WAS LEFT BEHIND. THIS FOOTAGE FROM AIR VIEW EIGHT SHOWS THE CLEANUP EFFORTS THAT CLOSED BEDFORD STREET FOR HOURS. THE DRIVER DID ADMIT THAT HE SAW THE RED FLASHING LIGHTS, BUT BELIEVED THAT HE COULD MAKE IT ACROSS THE CROSSING BEFORE THE TRAIN GOT THERE. KLINGER IS THANKFUL THE CRASH WAS NOT WORSE. WHEN YOU SEE THAT RED LIGHT, DON’T CROSS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT LIGHT IS FLASHING, JUST STOP AND WAIT UNTIL THE TRAIN COMES. SOME PEOPLE PULL UP AND LOOK AND SEE THE TRAIN COMING AND THINK THAT THEY CAN MAYBE MAKE IT, BUT THEN YOU GET ON THE TRACKS AND YOUR CAR STALLS, OR IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE A TRUCK THAT’S 53FT LONG. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE. BACK HERE ALONG BEDFORD STREET, YOU CAN SEE THAT RAILROAD CROSSING SIGN THAT WAS ACTUALLY STRUCK DURING THIS COLLISION THAT HAPPENED HERE EARLIER TODAY. CARLISLE POLICE TELL ME THAT THE DRIVER IN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IS BEING CITED FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION, OR AT LEAST NOT FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY THE WARNING SIGNALS, WHICH IS TO STOP AND NOT GO THROUGH TH

WGAL top stories of the week: Train hits truck, driver punches crossing guard, 4-year-old rescued from tree

We’ve compiled a list of some of the top stories this week in south-central Pennsylvania. From a collision involving a train and a truck (watch the video above) to a driver caught on camera punching a security guard to a 4-year-old rescued from a tree, we have it all covered.