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Surveillance video appears to show a Hammond woman racing a freight train to an intersection Saturday morning before two trains hit her minivan and killed two of her children.
"It seemed that she (Edie Bolanos) was so intent on beating the eastbound train, she never even saw the westbound train that hit her," Hammond police Sgt. Michael Jorden said.
Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller sees a lesson in the tragedy.
Bolanos remained in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago on Wednesday. Two of her children -- Crystal, 11, and Anahi, 8 -- were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Her other two children who were in the van were in stable condition Wednesday at another Chicago hospital.
9:49:11: The van pulls into the crossing and is struck toward the rear, slowing its forward progress just long enough for the other train to smash into it.
video link: http://www.nwi.com/special/train/
article: http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/200...4e0008c30b.txt
Surveillance video appears to show a Hammond woman racing a freight train to an intersection Saturday morning before two trains hit her minivan and killed two of her children.
"It seemed that she (Edie Bolanos) was so intent on beating the eastbound train, she never even saw the westbound train that hit her," Hammond police Sgt. Michael Jorden said.
Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller sees a lesson in the tragedy.
Bolanos remained in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago on Wednesday. Two of her children -- Crystal, 11, and Anahi, 8 -- were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Her other two children who were in the van were in stable condition Wednesday at another Chicago hospital.
9:49:11: The van pulls into the crossing and is struck toward the rear, slowing its forward progress just long enough for the other train to smash into it.
video link: http://www.nwi.com/special/train/
article: http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/200...4e0008c30b.txt
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