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economist sunsuntribune public safety saturday oct 22 2005 passengers watch as train slams into suv journalist witnesses horrific scene thursday york region newspaper group reporter teresa ldtchford witnessed an suv being struck by a train thursday morning here is her account by teresa latchford staff writer slowing for a railway crossing on vivian road other motorists watched as a grey bmw suv crossed the tracks and was hit by a passenger train there were no barrier arms but the red warning lights were flashing seemingly in slow motion the suv was pushed along the track by a via train as struggling to stop the vehicle finally fell off the tracks and landed in a nearby ditch after what seemed an eternity for horrified onlook ers the impact caused the vehicle to scatter its contents a pair of eyeglasses bits of shredded interior and loose papers covered the patch of whitchurchstouffville road between kennedy and mccowan roads the scene was chaotic as train per sonnel and a doctor rushed to the car to see who was on board mortified passengers pressed their faces against windows near their seats f o see what was going on emergency personnel flew in and worked quickly to control the situation after being pulled from the mangled bmw a male driver was airlifted to hos pital with nonlife threatening injuries the railway crossing hasnt been the site of many accidents whitchurch- stouffville mayor sue sherban said but the town will study results of a york regional police investigation to see if council should push for safety improve ments if it was driver error there is not much we can do ms sherban said but if it was some malfunction it will be taken to council crossing arms are installed on every new or renovated railway crossing in whitchurchstouffville she added however unless there are previous or ongoing problems at one particular crossing it is not seen as warranted installing arms at a crossing can be quite costly on aurora road there was a fatality that warranted putting arms at the crossing she said but we will just have to see what happened and what kind of safety measures we can lobby for staff photobillroberts a tow truck driver rolls a wheel found about 100 metres east of where an suv was hit by a train on vivian road thursday morning the driver was airlifted to hospital with nonlifethreatening injuires the wheel was loaded on to the flatbed with the rest of the car whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban said the town will review the accident report to decide if improvements are needed at the train crossing jkirig koil sets wvj all sizes avnilal qucciiset wwwsleepeactorycohi 74 main st north markbam c mi mjita personal service sport injuries ultrasound headaches acupuncture laser therapy readers choice award winner musclejoint pain orthotics voted favo urfte cwtfop 10a centre street markham vactor svengau fx salon spa midnight madness a fofa limited hmennlvrvf 1 book vour i moonlight repressions piitkae ipp vi in i m aiilsure cj16ssrihs f siwith christina f expires notjofh doivf miss out on this foibnious xppiiluits- ft to update oiiry now lai look nliin yivnniiv mirkhvji on vs onualisnlonaoni you want the best for her but your best may not be enough anymore to find out about notforprofit long term care housing and services for seniors in your community connect to wwwoannssorg were here for you this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune ontario association of nonprofit homes and service for seniors