According to authorities, the railway conductor was killed while he stood on the exterior of a vehicle when a train and a dump truck crashed at a railroad crossing in Ohio.
Ohio’s CLEVELAND — The railway conductor was killed in the collision early on Tuesday in Cleveland when he was standing outside of a vehicle, according to the police.
The collision occurred at the Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works steel facility at around 1:30 a.m. as the dump truck, which was hauling a full load of limestone, approached a stop sign, according to a prepared statement from Cleveland police. According to authorities, the vehicle, which had stopped, proceeded forward and struck the train’s front left side as it passed over a crossing.
The 46-year-old conductor, who was standing there at the time of the crash, was hit and subsequently declared dead at the scene, according to the police.
The flaming train accident on February 3 outside East Palestine, Ohio, close to the Pennsylvania border, has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into the incident.
Responders purposefully torched poisonous chemicals in some of the wrecked trains to stop an uncontrollable explosion, forcing half of the town of around 5,000 people to flee for days and leaving many with chronic health issues. According to government authorities, examinations have not shown any hazardous chemical concentrations in the local water or air. Also, the catastrophe brought attention to the potentially devastating outcomes of train collisions and increased concerns about railroad safety.
A temporary shelter-in-place order was issued after 28 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed in Ohio on Saturday between Dayton and Columbus. According to officials, no hazardous materials were involved in the derailment, despite the fact that the 212-car train also contained cars carrying liquid propane and ethanol that did not derrail.