At 4:19 pm yesterday, we had our third accident with the light rail trains. So on the 22th day of 2005, we’ve now doubled our entire 2004 total. The interesting thing about this one was I was the operator. The only injury is me, so we ended up pretty good. Plus i was only going about 7 mph. My injury is barely anything anyway. I just tensed up and strained my back. Doctor says rest for a day or two and take vicodin. So I’ll get to watch the Falcons trounce the Eagles, and the Steelers run over the Patriots today. Anyway, the guy just was basically an idiot and turned in front of a moving train. That happens all the time, however people are usually “wise” enough to do it a second before the train gets there. After the driver got out and checked the damage, and told me nobody was hurt, he just drove off. Five minutes later there was an APB for a luxury SUV with lic plate KASSAB. Word to the wise – if you have a vanity place, don’t do a hit & run. It’s really easy to remember the plate, even at a glance since it’s a WORD instead of random letters and numbers. I wonder if they caught the guy. Hopefully transit police will show up at his house at 3:30 am and put the fear of God into him. Anyway, I’m ok, just a little stiff, and i still get a bit stressed when I think about it, but such is life.

UPDATE:

For those keeping track, 3 accidents involving the train is still fewer than the accidents involving inanimate metal objects, of which there have been five, as far as I know (two vehicles have run into our poles, 3 have gotten stuck on the rail, including two in the last two days).