So, like, there was this crazy accident at a railroad crossing in Abington, right? Apparently, a woman got killed when her car got hit by a commuter rail train. The whole thing went down on Wednesday, and it was a pretty intense situation.
Around noon, the Abington police started getting a bunch of calls about a train smashing into a car at the railroad crossing on Centre Avenue and Park Avenue. When they got there, they found the lady who was driving the car dead. Super tragic, right?
The officials did some digging and found out that the train was all good, no issues there. The conductor was even honking the horn, trying to warn the lady. The train was going under the speed limit, doing its thing. And get this, the railroad crossing arms were working fine too, with the lights flashing and all.
The authorities are saying there’s no foul play involved. They’re still looking into it, but they’re pretty sure it was just a terrible accident. Apparently, the car just went through the gates, according to the company that runs the commuter rail.
After the crash, they had to replace the trains with shuttle buses on the Kingston Line for a bit. But by 4 p.m., everything was back to normal, thank goodness.
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Yeah, so there you have it, folks. A tragic accident at a railroad crossing in Abington, but no funny business involved. Just a terrible situation all around.
