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Updated 1/11/2021 12:52 PM The Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present a panel discussion on rail safety at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. Go to glenbardgps.org for the link to this live virtual event. Questions may be submitted to gilda ross@glenbard.org prior to the event.
Every three hours, a person or vehicle in the U.S. is hit by a train, according to the National Traffic Safety Board. That translates to 2,100 Americans who are killed or seriously injured around tracks. It can take more than a mile to stop a train the equivalent of about 18 football fields, making it difficult if not impossible for a train to avoid collision. ....