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The accident, which sent 23 southbound CN Ratilway cars careering down IUhe knack leap-frog fashion, ground- up some 800 feet of track and ‘sent (the trailer portion of the Canada Cart- age Itruck off on- its own private ride one hundred yards or so from the point of impact, occurred at a private railway crossing at the Pre- Con Concrete Company, 9121 Yon ge Street, R‘ichvale. about 10:35 am, Valentine’s Day. Wheels of the tractor came to rest at the bottom of a lh-ydnro pole 100 yards away. The coilision res'ul'ted wh'é'fi Fox, who was partially ac- BY JIM IRVING A mun w'heel became a big wheel in helping ‘to save the life of Tottenham truck driv- er, John Fox. 26, who walked away from a $1 to $3 million tractor-trailer â€" train crash in Richmond Hill Thursday of last week with not much more than a twisted knee and some body abrasions. 12. 23 Rail Cars "S/(idoo " A: Tractor Trailer Ana’ Train Meet The driver of a tractor trailer, which was hit by a southbound CN freight train at a private crossing in Richvale last week, walked away from it all with only a slight limp and assorted bruises to show for the experience. His truck and the train fared much worse. In the top left hand corner can be seen the wheels of the trailer, which wound up against a hydro pole about 100 yards from the scene of impact. Top right shows some of the battered boxcars and twisted track, which THE LIBERAL Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1974 \\ Fox told investigating of- ficers. Constables George Anderson and David Far- quh-arson of York Regional Police, ‘t-h-at 'he hadn't noticed the ‘train coming until it was almost on top of 'him. He Uhen accelerated to ’try to get across, hunt the train plowed into the trailer. CATTLE KILLED Police said the trailer was severed from the cab of the truck at the point where the fiflth wheel sits on mhe tractor. The immediate separation prevented the cab and 'Mr. Fox from being carried along with the rest -0f the vehicle. As it was. the locomotive continued down the track, coming To a stop some 1,000 feet away, 9th1 upright,‘ al- ross Uhe private cr0§ing with his load of 12 [tons of flat steel, plus a quantity of elongated three-inch steel rods;was struck by the ON freight, which was doing about 50 miles an ‘hour at the time. We'll pay you 5 100 in cash(in cash, that is) . to install Carrier Central Air Conditioning before you need it. Homeowners The scene of smashed box- cars, uprooted track, broken hyxd‘ro poles, tom up fences and scattered cargo, was re- miniscent of pictures of war- time bombing over London and Berlin. It also looked as Two three-tiered carriers, loaded with new Dartsun cars and trucks. were also sent flying, ba'dly smashing up several of the vehicles. How- ever, most of the cargo re- mained secured. and surpis- inlgly intact. Several cattle cars were also derailed, killing one of the 107 cattle aboard. Another one, which sustained a brok- en leg, 'had‘ to be destroyed. The cattle were later un- loaded into truck-s by "the On- tar-i0 Humane Society, lasslilsr- ted 'by York Region Canine Control Officer, James Ryan. though partially off fohve track, and with none of its founman crew seriously in- jured. Two other derailed engines also remained up- right. Vince Paradiso. another employee, said that Fox, however, had driven straight ahead instead over the cross- ing. Driver of the engine was Albert Matthews, 45, of Richmond Hill Fire De- partment was on hand with foam equipment when it was thought oil from a damaged engine might start a fire. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN Steve Illing, an employee of the company, said he had been working in the yard when the accident occurred. He said Fox had asked him how to get out of the yard and he had told him to pull his truck around and go out the Yonge Street entrance. if the clean-up would take about as long as some of the post-war ‘opera‘t'onxs. However, a crane was on the job the next day and it was expected to have (the place cleared in about three days. Trains were being vre-I‘outed on the alternate ‘Newma‘rket line. uâ€"uuLu uy nun rawn was torn up for 800 feet. A load of new Datsun cars and trucks was still secured to moorings in the picture lower left hand corner, but several more were jarred loose and were completely demolished. Lower right shows two of the engines, which wound up by themselves another 100 yards from the rest of the cars. Damage is estimated at more than $1,000,000. And there's no obligation, 0/ course. cost of keeping the air in your home cool, clean and dry with Carrier. On the other side, the sign reads: Ca‘u‘tion. Stop, look and listen. Private crossing. Persons using this crossing do so at their own risk. Driver Fox’s only com- ment to a reporter following the mishap was: “Well, I'm alive . . . At least I think I The sign on the west side of the crossing says: Caution. Stop, look and listen. The CN is holding its own investigation into the mat- ter, and Barney Danson, Lib- eral MP for York North. whose riding includes Rich- mond Hill, said he was con- cerned about private cross- ings without safety precau- tions and would discuss the matter with Transport Min- ister Jean Marchand. Rexdale, who described the incident as “a rough one." 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