{"id":1847,"date":"2010-11-24T08:16:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T16:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:12:07","slug":"motor-home-collides-with-csx-train-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/1847\/motor-home-collides-with-csx-train-in-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor Home Collides with CSX Train in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GEORGETOWN, SC &#8211; A motor home collided with a CSX train Monday morning, November 22, 7 miles north of Georgetown County, South Carolina killing the passenger of the RV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1848\" title=\"Motorhome collides with CSX train Georgetown SC Nov 22, 2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Motorhome-collides-with-CSX-train-Georgetowwn-SC-Nov-22-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Motorhome-collides-with-CSX-train-Georgetowwn-SC-Nov-22-2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Motorhome-collides-with-CSX-train-Georgetowwn-SC-Nov-22-2010-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The collision happened at approximately 9:00 am between Andrews and Georgetown on Highway 521 just before 17-A near 9 Mile Curve. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-map\" width=\"480\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-map-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-crossing.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-crossing\" width=\"480\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-crossing.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/georgetown-sc-csx-train-accident-crossing-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the driver of the motor home ignored warning lights and crashed into a crossing gate. The CSX train then slammed into the RV, killing the passenger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/motorhome-crash-with-CSX-train-Georgtown-SC.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"motorhome crash with CSX train Georgtown SC\" width=\"480\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1854\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Georgetown County Coroner Kenny Johnson says the woman killed in the crash was Carol Walker of Hobe Sound, Florida. Johnson is still trying to determine her age.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband who was the driver was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>EMS workers waiting at the railroad crossing saw the crash and tried to help the victims until firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The driver and passenger of the RV were hearing impaired. The RV had a Florida license plate.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the accident is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\nWTMA<br \/>\nWISTV.com<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Published by <a title=\"fela lawyer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/CM\/Custom\/Attorneys.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">FELA lawyer<\/a> Gordon &#038;amp Elias, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEORGETOWN, SC &#8211; A motor home collided with a CSX train Monday morning, November 22, 7 miles north of Georgetown County, South Carolina killing the passenger of the RV. The collision happened at approximately 9:00 am between Andrews and Georgetown on Highway 521 just before 17-A near 9 Mile Curve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,95],"tags":[136,113],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csx-railroad","category-south-carolina-railroad-news","tag-railroad-injury-lawyer","tag-south-carolina-fela-lawyer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1847"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5775,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1847\/revisions\/5775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}