ON THE RIGHT 'TRACK'

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  • By Retired Master Sgt. Jim Thomas
Reference the article "Cell Phones Blamed in Train Deaths, Injuries" in your January/February 2008 issue ("Tales of the Strange," page 6), it turns out that reading Torch is a good thing. It brought to mind an accident that occurred in Greshim, Ore., involving a train and an 18-wheeler.

In the mishap, a semi-truck driver had just taken on a load of crushed plastic bottles for recycling. He was on a cell phone call with his dispatcher telling her that he was loaded and would soon be on the interstate. His dispatcher heard the train sound its horn just as it hit the tractor-trailer and its distracted driver.

I truly enjoy Torch. Keep up the good work.