Crossing rated most perilous

Closing railroad intersections topic of Ashdown meeting

By: Jim Williamson - Texarkana Gazette

File photo Law enforcement officials talk at the site of a fatal train-car collision in 2009 at the Locke Street railroad crossing in Ashdown, Ark. Rathella D. Carson, 33, of Texarkana, Ark., was killed when her vehicle was hit by a northbound KCS train as she attempted to turn onto Locke Street fr...

ASHDOWN, Ark.—The Locke Street railroad crossing ranks No. 1 in hazard in the state, according to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department.

Since 2003, there have been 14 accidents at the crossing, with three fatalities.

The crossi...

Published: 10/19/2012