died? do you think it s a miracle? i m really surprised that nobody died. the cars were strewn all over the road. there was car laying on fifth street in the middle of the road. one of the train cars was out on the highway. it s amazing. of course, i know that woman cat and others are so grateful to you. thank you so much. you re welcome. today s derailment comes three weeks to the day that a train in new york smash into that suv. six people died. how dangerous are america s rail crossings? bryan todd is out front. reporter: as crash investigators arrive on the scene of another accident between a car and a train. in california it was the truck driver who took a wrong turn. whether than might the right turn, it turned on to the railroad tracks. reporter: the truck driver was unhurt and safety experts
you re not required to stop at this crossing. the only time reporter: it only says yield. our contention is how can you yield to something you can t see. they are a stark reminder we must all be vigilant when approaching railroad crossings. one expert said a train hitting a car is like a car slamming into a soda can. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. what a great analogy. that s really frightening. only 35% of rail crossings have flashing lights and some kind of warning? that s a shock to me. if you approach most of these in the country and there s no warning telling you something is crossing, you are on your own. they don t just come out of nowhere. with or without even, i just don t know why anyone would cross when you see one coming. they move at speeds of 60 miles per hour and sometimes take such a long time to go through that people are just in a rush. they get impatient. it s not worth it, folks. be late. killing jesus, a popular book is making its way to t
no one will know till they do a much more thorough investigation at the scene. incredibly tragic in terms of those people actually witnesses it, those people going through it. we saw family members. it is a packed express bus on its way from suburban ottawa to the downtown core. you still have families on the phone frantically trying to find loved ones who may be at the hospital and not able to contact anyone yet. quite a horrific scene at the suburban rail station and still so many questions. i mean, this just doesn t happen. i bus doesn t slam into a train. there are at times failures at rail crossings. but for that bus to go right through a rail crossing when you could clearly see the train is just really unfathomable for many people who witness this had event this morning. thank you. it is hard to understand unless there was a medical condition at that time bus driver had, how that was possible. took the whole front of the bus off. terrible accident. we ll update you if we get