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CROSSING GATE DROPS ON RCS BUS WITH TRAIN PASSING

(New Castle, IN)--There has been no word from Richmond Community Schools or from law enforcement about the circumstances surrounding a startling video that’s on social media.  The video shows a Richmond bus used to transport athletic teams sitting at a railroad crossing.  That video, which was taken by a New Castle man, shows the crossing gate at the tracks sitting on top of the bus with a train narrowly passing by the front of the bus.  The incident happened on Broad Street in New Castle.  The man who shot the video said Monday morning that the bus driver stopped and opened the door as required but the crossing arm came down very quickly.  The video was posted late Friday afternoon.