UPDATED: Freight Train Collides with Car in Mansfield: Attleboro Driver Distracted by Cellphone
A freight train collided with a vehicle at noon in Mansfield Monday. NECN is reporting that the driver said he was distracted by his cellphone.
UPDATED 2:06 p.m. Dec. 4 The victim has been identified as Walter J. Zuschlag, 61, of 20 Pike Ave. in Attleboro. UPDATED: 12:31 p.m.: At this time, Mansfield Fire and EMS are reporting that the victim in the vehicle during the collision with freight train at the Cabot industrial park was medflighted to Rhode Island Hospital. Mansfield Fire reported earlier today a vehicle struck a freight train on Forbes Boulevard as the train was backing up over a crossing. According to initial reports, the victim, a male, was trapped inside the vehicle and the jaws of life had to be used. Medflight was called in. UPDATED: 4:53 p.m.: NECN had video of the train and the car after the accident. Go to http://www.necn.com/12/03/12/Train-car-collide-in-…
Bob Havey
3:04 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Distracted by a cellphone? Gee, that never happens (removes tongue from cheek) more ›