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Menlo Park: No injuries reported after crash on Caltrain tracks

Original post made on Jan 18, 2019

An SUV crashed Friday morning at the Caltrain crossing at Ravenswood Avenue in Menlo Park, blocking the northbound rail line for about 45 minutes and triggering restricted southbound speeds, according to Dan Lieberman, Caltrain spokesperson.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 18, 2019, 11:54 AM

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Posted by lnon
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jan 18, 2019 at 12:54 pm

I crossed the tracks this morning at about 9:10. There were maintenance workers working on the traffic arms, the lights were flashing but no trains were coming either way. No one was directing traffic, so it was unclear what was going on. Are the lights flashing because a train is coming or because the semi-oblivious workers are working on the movable arms. They did not do a good job of directing traffic there. Could that confusion have caused the accident??


Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Jan 18, 2019 at 10:17 pm

Inon
Same thing Thurs about 11:30am. CalTrain(?) workers basically wandering across the street and tracks.


Posted by MP Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Jan 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Anybody whose driving skills are not up to dealing with some road / track work without crashing needs to return their license to the crackerjack box from whence it came.


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