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CROSS ARM DROPS ONTO SCHOOL BUS AS TRAIN PASSES

(Eaton, OH)--It was a somewhat shocking scene on North Barron Street in Eaton Thursday morning.  At the railroad crossing, a school bus full of children sat very near the tracks with a train going by and the arm of the crossing sitting on the school bus.  According to Eaton school officials, the bus driver did not see or hear the train coming initially and began to proceed across.  Then, the oncoming train was seen and the warning lights activated, but a car had moved in behind the bus and prevented the bus from backing up.  Although it sat close to the tracks, the bus was not contacted by the train and there were no injuries.