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An investigation is under way. joining me on the phone is former chairman of the national transportation safety board, jim hall. this is the third rail accident this year. we have the big metro north crash here in new york. california metro link train on february 24. what's going on here? this seems as though we've got a phenomenon going on here. >> caller: well, the ntsb has been investigating accidents like this, lawrence, for decades. and will continue to do so until the industry and the fra invest in rail crossing safety. >> and what do we have to do? it turns out, we have roughly 2,000 ac...

Crashed near halifax. it struck a loaded tractor-trailer stuck on the tracks while maneuvering to make a left turn. >> it was more difficult and then the train then approached stop arms came down as a result the vehicle was stuck and nothing that the driver could do. >> reporter: this derailment the latest in a string of recent collisions. last month a metro north train struck an suv killing six people. and just three weeks later, a metro link train in southern california collided with a truck stuck on the tracks. the engineer o of that train later died from his injuries. here in north carolin...

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