Man killed in train crash at Clayton railroad crossing
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>> THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH,
OFFICIALS IN CLAYTON RESPONDED
TO A DEADLY TRAIN COLLISION
AND DIED THIS MORNING AFTER THE
CRASH NEAR MAIN STREET. GOOD
EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US. I'M ASHLEY WROTE AND I'M
GERALD OWENS. POLICE SAY 62
YEAR-OLD WAYNE BRYANT OF
CLAYTON DIED IN THE CRASH.
>> THE BUREAU'S JUSTIN CLARK
HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL DAY.
SHE JOINS US LIVE. KIRSTEN,
WHAT ARE PEOPLE IN THE AREA
TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR CROSSING?
>> A GENERAL VACCINE HERE SINCE
BEEN CLEARED. BUT THE AFTERMATH
OF THAT CRASH WAS DEVASTATING.
I SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS THAT
LIVE HERE NEAR THIS
INTERSECTION AND THEY DECLINED
TO BE ON CAMERA. BUT THEY TOLD
ME THAT THEY NEVER IMAGINED
THAT THERE BE THIS MANY
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING TRAINS
HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN THEIR
FRONT YARDS.
>> THIS IS WHAT WAS LEFT OF
DWAYNE BRYANT'S TOYOTA COROLLA
AFTER IT WAS HIT. POLICE TELL
US BRYANT TURNED LEFT OF EAST
MAIN STREET ONTO CENTRAL
STREET, EVEN ATTEMPTED TO PASS
AROUND THE RAILROAD CROSSING
ARMS, WHICH WERE DOWN IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS WITH LIGHTS FLASHING
AUTHORITIES SAY THAT IS WHEN A
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CARGO TRAIN
TRAVELING EAST RAN STRAIGHT
INTO THE LEFT SIDE. BRYANT'S
CAR POLICE BLOCKED OFF THE AREA
WHILE INVESTIGATORS INSPECTED
THE SCENE TO TRY TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FROM SKY
5. YOU CAN SEE THE WRECKAGE
BEING TOWED AWAY THE INCIDENT
COMES LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER
21 YEAR-OLD ELLA RYAN MILLER
WAS KILLED AFTER BEING HIT BY
AN AMTRAK TRAIN NEAR FRONT
STREET.
>> AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT,
OFFICIALS SAID SHE CROSSED IN A
GRASSY AREA BETWEEN 2 STREETS
WALKED INTO THE PATH OF A
MOVING TRAIN. BOTH INCIDENTS
ENDED IN TRAGEDY BUT RAISED
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS
NEARBY. NEIGHBORS TELL ME THEY
CAN OFTEN HEAR AND EVEN FEEL
THE TRAINS COMING.
>> AND THEY WONDER IF MILLER
AND BRIAN SINCE SAFE OR IF
THERE'S ENOUGH SIGNAGE SAFETY
MEASURES IN PLACE TO LET PEOPLE
KNOW. TRAINS ARE OFTEN PASSING
THROUGH.
>> WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS CRASH AS POLICE CONTINUE
THEIR INVESTIGATION. I ALSO
REACHED OUT TO THE CLAYTON
MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL TO HEAR
THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE 2
ACCIDENTS. IT'S LEARNED THEY'RE
CONSIDERING ANY MORE SAFETY
MEASURES TO PREVENT FUTURE
INCIDENTS LIKE THIS FROM
HAPPENING. I'M STILL WAITING TO
HEAR BACK FROM THEM LIVE IN
CLAYTON. KIRSTEN CLARK, WRAL