Huron Expositor, 2016-07-27, Page 88 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Man faces charges after
tractor collides into train
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
Forever, Front Road in
Vanastra will be famous for
the location of the last time
Steven Truscott allegedly
saw his classmate Lynne
Harper. Roughly 48 hours
later, a search crew found
the girl's body in a brushy
forest-Lawson's Bush. More
than 50 years later, the eight
kilometre drive from Sea -
forth has a much more con-
trasting turn of physical phe-
nomenon; the police once
again have been called to the
iconic location. Thankfully
this occurrence had nothing
to do with any murder or
foul -play -however laws had
been broken.
At the railroad crossing
July 18 on Front Road a train
and a John Deere pulling
three trailers collided. Along
with the Expositor, Bob
Lawson, who lives down the
road and owns the farmland
fairly close to the accident
were coincidentally among
the first on the scene.
He hopped out of his blue
minivan to make sure
nobody was injured, which
fortunately was the case and
he told the Expositor at the
crash that he was happy eve-
ryone was okay.
According to Huron
County OPP media rela-
tions officer, Jamie Stan-
ley, the train was travel-
ling westbound at a speed
of about 40 km/h when it
hit the passenger side of
the tractor. The force
caused the tractor headed
north to be pushed across
the street a short distance.
He also noted nobody was
hurt in the crash that
could easily have been
fatal. In light of the cir-
cumstances the two
modes of transportation
did not take much
damage.
The man driving the
tractor is charged under
the Highway Traffic Act
Section 163, where it
states, "When the driver of
a vehicle is approaching a
railway crossing at a time
when a clearly visible elec-
trical or mechanical signal
device or a flagman is giv-
ing warning of the
approach of a railway
train, he or she shall stop
the vehicle not less than 5
metres from the nearest
rail of the railway and shall
not proceed until he or she
can do so safely."
Before the tracks there is
three signs posted on both
sides that states in order -
restricted visibility(with train
track image)- be prepared to
stop -and stop before
crossing.
Shaun Gregory/Huron Expositor/cellphone
Right near the iconic Lawson Bush, a tractor failed to stop at a railway crossing on Front Road. The
end result was a collision between a train and tractor.
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