Assiment due 7/13/2007

3. Find 3 news posts and do type 1 writings on each of them.

A person dies in a car crash every 13 min. and a car crash is reported every 2.8 sec. With that said I would like you to go to the wiki and watch the short video "Accident Opening Danger". After watching the video post a short type 1 writing describing your thoughts on my earlier statement and how it relates to the video.

News Post's

1. 2 Killed In 6-Vehicle Crash In Falmouth
   (WBZ) FALMOUTH Two people were killed and several others were hurt in a six-vehicle crash on the Cape Saturday night.It happened just after 9 p.m. at the intersection of Route 151 and Sandwich Road in Falmouth.Police say a Toyota pickup sped into that intersection and was hit by a Saab.The Toyota then slammed into three other vehicles and debris also hit a fourth car.One person in the Toyota and another person in a Dodge pickup died.The victims' names have not been released.


2. Amtrak Train Crashes Into SUV In Attleboro
   (WBZ) ATTLEBORO A Boston-bound Amtrak train slammed into an SUV on the tracks in Attleboro Saturday evening - and it appears that the vehicle was left there intentionally.An Amtrak spokesperson told the Attleboro Sun Chronicle the number 82 train was travelling at about 125 miles an hour from Richmond, Virginia when it hit the SUV on the tracks near South Main Street just before 6 p.m.There were about 150 people on board the train. No one was hurt, but some were shaken up."This was like a building tearing apart. you could also hear the flames sort of catching on fire as well," Nick Walker, a passenger on the train, told WBZ."It was like an earthquake on the train. very short, but very, very intense and very strong."There was no one in the SUV. A Toyota found partially sunk in a nearby pond was also not occupied.The paper reported that the two vehicles were being prepared for shipment to Iraq and ended up stolen and abandoned in the two locations."The locomotive sustained significant damage," Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero told the paper.The tracks were closed for about three hours. Passengers were transferred onto an MBTA train for the remainder of the trip into Boston.


3. FALMOUTH, Mass. -- State and Falmouth police continued their investigation on Monday into a weekend crash that killed two people and injured seven others.
   The Saturday night accident was apparently preceded by an incident at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.
   A spokeswoman at the base said a Toyota sport utility vehicle with two men inside made an unauthorized entry into the compound. After being questioned by guards, the driver sped off, crashing through a steel barrier as it left the base, the spokeswoman said.
   Police said the speeding SUV later collided with a car at the intersection of Route 151 and Sandwich Road, then hit several other vehicles including a pick-up truck.
   The driver of the pick-up truck, Edward Kipp, 48, of Providence, was killed.
   Also killed was a passenger in the SUV who police identified as Michael Warren. No age or hometown was given.
   The driver of the SUV, Michael Catarius of Mashpee, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
   No charges have been filed at this time

type-1's

1. This shows that someone wasn't communicating with the people behind them and also was searching at 45 degree angle
2. This says pay attention when crossing a intersection with a railroad.
3. Stupid actions kill people.
   

Type one- "accident poening danger" Video

What was said earlier realtes alot to the video because all those accidents happened very quickley an were ruff and in some ways people could have avioded some of them by paying attention.