traffic is backed up cars are stopped on
a railroad crossing in Fort Bend County
and now a train is coming the scenario
of highway 90 in Missouri City is so
dangerous this railroad crossing is
considered one of the 10 worst in Texas
tonight channel 2 investigates reveals
the design flaw
putting drivers and train passengers at
risk investigator Mario Diaz uncovers
mistakes contained in federal records
and a proposal to make that crossing
safer a roaring train intimidating
man-made machinery but if man gets stuck
in a crossing that guy in the red shirt
they are lucky to come out alive in the
Amtrak train has collided with a tractor
trailer there were 71 passengers on that
Amtrak train it's the afternoon of
September 21st 2018 truck driver isuzu
Brando has just escaped death chance to
investigates obtained the body cam video
of Missouri City policeman working the
destructive scene an Amtrak passenger
train with more than 70 on board just
slammed into Brando's rig for sergeant
Tracy Cox the scene at the intersection
of Cravens Road and u.s. 90 is all too
familiar the state of Texas leads the
nation with over 10,000 miles of
railroad enough to crisscross the United
States nearly four times driver error
makes crossing like this one along South
Gessner in Missouri City one of the 10
worst in the state a mile to the east
this crossing covering a tiny stretch of
track at Cravens in u.s. 90 is dangerous
by design according to sergeant Cox
trains loaded with peacock no relentless
traffic frequently blocks drivers
channel 2 investigates discovered a
questionable layout at this intersection
the Federal Railroad Administration
office of safety analysis has recorded
nine accident incident reports here
since 2012
we also found major discrepancies with
the US Department of Transportation
inventory form for Cravens Road as you
look behind you
the DoD says it does they also punched
the box for street lights within 50 feet
of the crossing and three lanes at the
crossing not true as for distance from
us yet official records show the
intersecting roadway is approximately 75
feet away all of this can easily lead to
one thing his back wheels are sitting on
the second set of tracks we saw the
danger developed quickly and clearly he
stopped right now he's jammed up and
this is what happens
there's nowhere to go
he's been sitting here now for seconds
is this crossing engineer properly
sergeant Cox who heads up the Missouri
City Traffic Unit says he and his team
did submit a report with solutions it
was completed and submitted to the city
August of 2017 two simple suggestions
included the addition of more concrete
on the turnout and a turn lane up to us
90 these two features already exist for
traffic coming off of 90 and turning
into the crossing
neither proposal has been implemented
sergeant Cox wants the crossing at
Cravens Road in u.s. 90 re-engineered to
avoid the one conversation he and every
member of law enforcement dreads it's
always challenging when you tell
somebody their family members not coming
home anymore a spokeswoman for Missouri
City tells us tonight that since
December 2017 the city has had 18
meetings public and private to take all
the solutions for this crossing into
account calling it a complex situation
bill Dominique 18 meetings for this tiny
crossing that poses a big danger good
thing sergeant Cox is on the case
seems to me that he's got a personal
interest in this project you know he
does his uncle actually passed away in
the 70s he was a trained engineer in the
front car it hit a petroleum truck stuck
on the tracks he was burned alive oh
yeah big explosion thank you Mario