Railroad crossing gate malfunction creates traffic hazard, Texarkana TX
TrafficA railroad crossing gate at Richmond Road is malfunctioning, repeatedly moving up and down with lights flashing, posing a danger for drivers who may not know when a train is coming. Officers are directing traffic while the railroad company is on the way to repair the gate.
Audio|Source: Texarkana Police and Bowie and Miller County Sheriff
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Transcript:
00:00
That rail crossing is going to be hit and damaged.
00:04
It's currently going up and down.
00:07
Got the lights on now.
00:09
People are able to get by and go around, but nobody's really going to know if there's train coming.
00:18
T and 4 UPS and then someone out.
00:20
Hopefully they'll be there soon.
00:24
Ten o'er, I'm going to sit down here for a minute and direct traffic.
00:28
There's not really a lot of people going around it.
00:33
Okay.
00:37
Okay.
00:42
They need to stop all train traffic until they get that fix.
00:48
Temple.
00:53
Don't take...
00:56
Okay.
01:03
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01:12
Run that's...
01:15
10-4[1], she's running it.
01:22
16122, just advising.
01:25
We're on the phone with the alarm company, because the alarm company originally provided the address of near Richmond Road.
01:33
They said it was in Suite 6, which we do believe was in the mall, but they're unable to confirm whether or not that's their location or not.
01:40
It is advised with a commercial lardly or not.
01:50
I spoke with UP.
01:52
They have an ETA of about an hour and ten minutes before they're able to get there.
01:57
They advise that their protocol is to stop traffic or train traffic when something like this happens.
02:05
However, they do continue and get really close to see if they can pass their.
02:16
Ten, four, I'm gonna go ten, eight.
02:19
Like I was a minute ago,
02:22
the lights are on and making the noise that it makes before,
02:26
as the rails are going down.
02:28
It's just damage and going up and down in the opposite direction outside of traffic.
02:34
I don't think it's going to come down in any way's vehicle.
02:36
People are able to get around.
02:38
They're just not able to know when a train's actually coming.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Richmond Rd, Texarkana, TX
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