As most people probably know, there was another MetroRail crash yesterday and it’s interesting to look at the local media’s coverage.
KPRC-2’s story immediately places the blame on the van’s driver:
A handicap van hit a METRORail train on the tracks near the Texas Medical Center Thursday afternoon, shutting down the rail service for a while, officials told Local 2.
The accident happened on the southbound tracks at Fannin and University shortly after 5 p.m. Officials said the van’s driver pulled in front of the moving train, hitting it.
If you look at the picture with the story, it seems improbable that the van hit the train. Yes, it appears the van’s driver turned in front of the train, but then the van would have been on the tracks and the train would have hit the van. Maybe someone will get a hold of Metro’s on-board video so we can actually see what happened.
KHOU-11 and KTRK-13 have more neutral coverage.
And then we get to the Chronicle where we find — nothing. Not a peep about yesterday’s accident from Houston’s one major daily newspaper, self-described as “Your daily information source.” What a surprise!
UPDATE: KHOU-11 has obtained the Metro video that was recorded on board the train.
