w8Hou Posted June 21, 2010 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2010 Taxi Catches Fire After Crossing LIRR Tracks Syosset, NY (AP) -- Officials say a taxi crashed through a fence at a Long Island Rail Road station, rolled onto the live third rail and caught on fire. Train traffic was stopped for a couple of hours. The taxi driver and a passenger in the car suffered minor injuries. LIRR officials say the vehicle crashed through a fence at the Syosset station at about noon Sunday and drove onto the tracks. The flames were quickly extinguished. Service between Hicksville and Huntington was restored after the taxi was removed. Officials did not immediately know what caused the vehicle to crash through the fence. Link: http://www.1010wins.com/Taxi-Catches-Fire-After-Crossing-LIRR-Tracks/7509164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R44 CNG Posted June 21, 2010 Share #2 Posted June 21, 2010 I just hope the driver and passengers are ok:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted June 21, 2010 Share #3 Posted June 21, 2010 it was a zoo at hicksville earlier, my train home was delayed then it went all local, and the conductior (who sounded like pee wee herman) couldnt decide if he was going to go to huntington or use shuttle buses from hicksville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransitStop Posted June 21, 2010 Share #4 Posted June 21, 2010 wow, a third rail can do that o.O well at least their alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 21, 2010 Share #5 Posted June 21, 2010 I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Syosset! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted June 21, 2010 Share #6 Posted June 21, 2010 But still, how in the hell did that even happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted June 21, 2010 Share #7 Posted June 21, 2010 But still, how in the hell did that even happen? the driver figured he can save gas by going electric.*rimshot* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted June 21, 2010 Share #8 Posted June 21, 2010 the driver figured he can save gas by going electric.*rimshot* It's one of the early Hybrid models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted June 22, 2010 Share #9 Posted June 22, 2010 I'm still trying to figure out how the heck that happens...and apparently the taxi caught fire just in front of a stopped train to boot. I wonder if the brakes had failed on this car, because the gates would have been down...UNLESS the gates later came down and the train then stopped at its normal position but had its exit blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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