ARLINGTON — In two hours, Arlington police issued 12 citations Tuesday morning to motorists who drove around lowered crossing arms at the city’s eight at-grade railroad crossings, said Sgt. Christopher Cook, a police spokesman.
The department conducts the enforcement every six months in an attempt to reduce train-vehicle collisions.According to Operation Lifesaver, a rail safety education group, a person or vehicle is hit by a train every three hours in the United States. In Arlington, there were three such collisions in 2010, one in 2011 and one at a private crossing last year that caused a truck driver’s death.Have more to add? News tip? Tell us
