Drivers say safety arms at crash site seemed to malfunction

Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2018 12:07 pm | Updated: 1:17 pm, Thu Feb 1, 2018.

Drivers say safety arms at crash site seemed to malfunction Associated Press | 0 comments

CROZET, Va. (AP) — The safety arms at a railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican lawmakers slammed into a garbage truck appeared to be malfunctioning the day before the deadly crash, drivers who regularly cross over the tracks at the crash scene said Thursday.

Gene Locke, who lives near the tracks in Crozet, said he pulled up to the crossing between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and saw that the safety arms were down and the signal light was flashing, but there was no train approaching from either direction. After waiting a minute or so, he backed up, turned around and took a different route, assuming there was either a malfunction of the signal crossing or workers were testing it.

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