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Pennsylvania
Railroad crossing on East State street where a bus
driver was seriously injured last night is shown below
with the wrecked vehicle in the upper photo. The driver,
Samuel Phillips, of Blackwood, declares a crossing
watchman waved him across while a second guard closed
the gates in front of him when he was halfway across.
The passenger train striking the bus was uninjured. |
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The
bus was the property of William C. Schlitz, of Maple Shade, and
operated daily between the St. Joseph School, Twenty-ninth
and Westfield
Avenue, and Cramer Hill.
A
bus load of 30 children had just vacated the bus.
Phillips,
through Schlitz, made the following statement to police last
night:
"I
was coming east on State
Street and at the railroad a flagman waved for me to come
across. I started across and when near the other side put the
gates down on me, preventing me from crossing.
The
west gates at the crossing were broken several days ago and a
flagman has been stationed there pending repairs. Officials of
the railroad declared Phillips had an unobstructed view of the
crossing for more than 150 feet and had ample time, in which to
stop his vehicle.
They
refused to amplify the statement and said an investigation would
be conducted at 10 a. m. today to ascertain responsibility. |
