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ABC15 News report shows drivers failing to notice red lights, and the
consequences when they cross the path of a tram.
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PHOENIX - Metro Light Rail documented fifty-five accidents involving a variety of vehicles and drivers including professional cabbies, city bus drivers, and at least one hotel van driver.
CRASH CAUSES
According to Foose, most drivers involved in light rail crashes have disregarded red lights.
“I never see the light,” said Daniel Patino, who was fired from his driver job at a Phoenix hotel after running a red light and striking a light rail train in a hotel van.
Patino, who said he had at least thirty years of driving experience, told ABC15 the train was very quiet, and he didn’t hear it when he approached Jefferson Street from 24th Street in Phoenix last July. He ran a red light.
According to Foose, most drivers involved in light rail crashes have disregarded red lights.
“I never see the light,” said Daniel Patino, who was fired from his driver job at a Phoenix hotel after running a red light and striking a light rail train in a hotel van.
Patino, who said he had at least thirty years of driving experience, told ABC15 the train was very quiet, and he didn’t hear it when he approached Jefferson Street from 24th Street in Phoenix last July. He ran a red light.
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