A Friday afternoon three people were hit by a train. DeVonna Griffin, 17, 19-year-old Krystal Griffin and 66-year-old Joan Griffin were the victims of a freight train going an average of 55 mph. DeVonna Griffin was the driver and Krystal was the passenger, they were both sisters and Joan Griffin was their grandmother sitting in the back seat. The sisters had their seat belts on but Joan (their Grandmother) did not. Devonna was hit first from the train and then their blue Dodge Durango spun clockwise and landed on the passengers side ( Krystal's side). The train didn't stop until a quarter mile down the road. The engineer, Chris Sherwood, 30, along with his conductor, Jonathan Tutsch, 30, and brakeman, Jason Wilson, 28, all of La Junta, were not hurt. The train was transporting cars to Denver,“It was doing local pickups,” said Steve Forsberg, spokesman for Burlington Northern.
People should take more consideration when they see a yield or stop sign in front of any road, railroad track, or a simple construction site. Joan Griffin was 66 years old, she should of known to wear a seat belt. Seat belts can help a lot, ex specially in a car wreck. Seeing that the three died even though two of them were wearing a seat belt it probably wouldn't matter in a train wreck seeing the train weighs more than the car. I've been in countless wrecks in my friends dune buggy and seat belts really do help and everyone should wear them.
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