Another train-car fatility in Iowa's Crawford County

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Wednesday, September 30^th, about noon, Edward R. Stevens, age 76, was driving down a country road south of Ohio 103, in Bloomville, when Stevens was hit by a westbound Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway train, according to Bucyrus Telegraph Forum news source. It was reported that at this crossing on Schwemley Road, there is no warning signal or gates. One of Steven’s neighbors, Donald Rayoum, said, “When you are driving north and the corn is grown up like it is now, you cannot see if a train is coming.” Steven was driving a 1991 Ford pick-up and was not wearing a seatbelt. Investigation is still underway.

In the past "knee high by the 4th of July" was a common saying, but with new hybrids they say it no more. The corn gets so tall that even a train isn't visible. Should the train operator or engineer sound the horn when approaching an intersection where a car or truck might be crossing? What does your county or town ordinance require? Remember, this isn't monopoly, but real life.