Wall Street Journal: Midland, TX Rail Crossing Built for Longer Alert than Given to Veteran's Float (NNG)

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AUSTIN, Texas—The railroad crossing in Midland, Texas, where four veterans died after being hit by a train this month was designed to give motorists 30 seconds warning of a train's approach, 10 more than investigators say was given in the accident, according to a Wall Street Journal review of records held by the Texas Department of Transportation.

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The driver of the parade float struck by a train last week in Midland, Texas, is suffering from emotional shock and is under a physician's care, according to a lawyer who has interviewed him.

The crash killed four veterans and injured 16 people.

The float's driver, Dale Andrew Hayden, 50 years old, is an Army veteran himself, having served in Afghanistan, according to military records.