TOWN OF SHERMAN, Wis. — The driver of a semi truck was killed today in a grade crossing collision that also derailed the locomotive and six cars of a Wisconsin & Southern train, the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office reports.
The collision occurred about 2:05 p.m. on Abbott Drive in the town of Sherman, about 36 miles north of downtown Milwaukee. The driver, a 66-year-old man from Kewaskum, Wis., who was driving a truck hauling approximately 5,000 gallons of liquid manure, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The grade crossing is protected only by a yield sign, WLUK-TV reports. Abbott Drive at the accident scene could be closed for several days for an investigation including reconstruction of the incident by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
NOW: We are on the scene of a train vs. semi collision in the Town of Sherman that has killed one person.
Massive response from the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, Random Lake Fire, Wisconsin State Patrol & others.
This is on Abbott Drive west of Highway 57.@fox6now pic.twitter.com/6sGe94sXzZ
NOW: We are on the scene of a train vs. semi collision in the Town of Sherman that has killed one person.
Massive response from the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, Random Lake Fire, Wisconsin State Patrol & others.
This is on Abbott Drive west of Highway 57.@fox6now pic.twitter.com/6sGe94sXzZ
— Sam Kraemer (@SamKraemerTV) August 14, 2024
FYI there should be CROSSING GATES at every and I mean every railroad crossing regardless if it’s a main road or a dirt road, a freight train or a passenger train is not and I mean it will never stop at these crossings, it should be a FEDERAL SAFETY Law that there should be LIGHTS & Gates at crossing and not up to each state !
Unless you’ve been on the headend of a train, or ridden the shove, one has not experienced the fear of what occurs “train versus other” at railroad crossings. If it was up to most railroads, they would opt to close most crossings for just that reason.
Just a warning that there are several entities that call themselves “Sherman, Wisconsin”.
This accident occurred near “Town of Sherman” in Sheyboygan County, a totally different town from the others.
You are correct on this. The crossing is just north of the incorporated village of Random Lake. The Town of Sherman in this article is a rural government unit of 36 square miles.
Perhaps you might recall a time when a pole and crossbuck sufficed. I do. You were supposed to “stop, look and listen”. Too bad we will never hear the results of the investigation.
A yield sign at a road crossing. What could possibly go wrong?
agree a yield sign is completely useless. a stop sign or nothing.
For decades the state of Ohio resisted placing STOP signs at RR crossings by applying the logic that doing so would “reduce the effectiveness of STOP signs elsewhere”. So they allowed an experimental high-visibility (reflectorized and set at an angle to better reflect an oncoming train’s headlight) hybrid CROSSBUCK and YIELD sign.
I don’t know if there was a study made to judge the effectiveness of this so-called “Buckeye Crossbuck”, but they are no longer being erected and STOP signs are now common on Ohio’s back roads.
The Trains News Wire time machine strikes again, Publishes the story eleven hours before the accident. I continue to fail to understand why all stories are shown as being published at midnight when at midnight if you check there are no new stories published.
Someone mentioned months ago that, The server (where ever that is) is not at the same time as the US. That is supposed to be why the articles are always (posted) 11 or so hours ago. I have no idea if that is correct or not, just remember reading that in one of the comments here.